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LD7 local market report Knighton

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 2,106 sales registered with HM Land Registry in LD7 (Knighton) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to March 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

LD7 is the postcode district covering Knighton, Knucklas, Llangunllo in Knighton. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where LD7 sits

Click the map to open LD7 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

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£242,000median sold price, 2026
+28%five-year change (cash)
63sales in the last 12 months
3.1%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in LD7 sells for

The 2026 median in LD7 is £242,000, from 13 registered sales; the mean, £292,900, sits well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so LD7 trades 12% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical LD7 home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £46,200 at the time · £98,086 in today's money · 43 sales1996: £47,500 at the time · £97,836 in today's money · 55 sales1997: £56,000 at the time · £112,163 in today's money · 67 sales1998: £52,000 at the time · £102,514 in today's money · 53 sales1999: £52,500 at the time · £102,186 in today's money · 71 sales2000: £65,000 at the time · £124,583 in today's money · 53 sales2001: £70,000 at the time · £131,429 in today's money · 91 sales2002: £118,000 at the time · £216,831 in today's money · 85 sales2003: £119,800 at the time · £215,546 in today's money · 80 sales2004: £155,200 at the time · £275,290 in today's money · 70 sales2005: £146,500 at the time · £254,622 in today's money · 73 sales2006: £157,000 at the time · £266,167 in today's money · 76 sales2007: £175,000 at the time · £289,916 in today's money · 86 sales2008: £147,500 at the time · £236,137 in today's money · 47 sales2009: £156,000 at the time · £244,915 in today's money · 43 sales2010: £140,000 at the time · £214,428 in today's money · 47 sales2011: £170,000 at the time · £250,641 in today's money · 40 sales2012: £160,000 at the time · £230,000 in today's money · 45 sales2013: £165,000 at the time · £231,874 in today's money · 48 sales2014: £161,000 at the time · £223,072 in today's money · 77 sales2015: £182,100 at the time · £251,298 in today's money · 61 sales2016: £185,000 at the time · £252,772 in today's money · 75 sales2017: £180,500 at the time · £240,434 in today's money · 96 sales2018: £180,800 at the time · £235,381 in today's money · 84 sales2019: £185,000 at the time · £236,827 in today's money · 85 sales2020: £180,000 at the time · £228,099 in today's money · 77 sales2021: £188,800 at the time · £233,462 in today's money · 100 sales2022: £240,500 at the time · £275,427 in today's money · 89 sales2023: £215,000 at the time · £230,715 in today's money · 59 sales2024: £287,500 at the time · £298,533 in today's money · 51 sales2025: £245,000 at the time · £245,000 in today's money · 66 sales2026: £242,000 at the time · £242,000 in today's money · 13 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£242,000£242,00013
2025£245,000£245,00066
2024£287,500£298,53351
2023£215,000£230,71559
2022£240,500£275,42789
2021£188,800£233,462100
2020£180,000£228,09977
2019£185,000£236,82785
2018£180,800£235,38184
2017£180,500£240,43496
2016£185,000£252,77275
2015£182,100£251,29861
2014£161,000£223,07277
2013£165,000£231,87448
2012£160,000£230,00045
2011£170,000£250,64140
2010£140,000£214,42847
2009£156,000£244,91543
2008£147,500£236,13747
2007£175,000£289,91686
2006£157,000£266,16776
2005£146,500£254,62273
2004£155,200£275,29070
2003£119,800£215,54680
2002£118,000£216,83185
2001£70,000£131,42991
2000£65,000£124,58353
1999£52,500£102,18671
1998£52,000£102,51453
1997£56,000£112,16367
1996£47,500£97,83655
1995£46,200£98,08643

In cash terms the typical LD7 home went from £46,200 in 1995 to £242,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 147%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2024; the current median sits about 19% below that. Someone who bought at the 2024 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the LD7 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+100% -100% 0% 1996 · +2.8% on the year before1997 · +17.9% on the year before1998 · −7.1% on the year before1999 · +1.0% on the year before2000 · +23.8% on the year before2001 · +7.7% on the year before2002 · +68.6% on the year before2003 · +1.5% on the year before2004 · +29.5% on the year before2005 · −5.6% on the year before2006 · +7.2% on the year before2007 · +11.5% on the year before2008 · −15.7% on the year before2009 · +5.8% on the year before2010 · −10.3% on the year before2011 · +21.4% on the year before2012 · −5.9% on the year before2013 · +3.1% on the year before2014 · −2.4% on the year before2015 · +13.1% on the year before2016 · +1.6% on the year before2017 · −2.4% on the year before2018 · +0.2% on the year before2019 · +2.3% on the year before2020 · −2.7% on the year before2021 · +4.9% on the year before2022 · +27.4% on the year before2023 · −10.6% on the year before2024 · +33.7% on the year before2025 · −14.8% on the year before2026 · −1.2% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+68.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−15.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−1.2%−1.2%
5 years (since 2021)+5.1%+0.7%
10 years (since 2016)+2.7%−0.4%
20 years (since 2006)+2.2%−0.5%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

50100 1995: 43 sales1996: 55 sales1997: 67 sales1998: 53 sales1999: 71 sales2000: 53 sales2001: 91 sales2002: 85 sales2003: 80 sales2004: 70 sales2005: 73 sales2006: 76 sales2007: 86 sales2008: 47 sales2009: 43 sales2010: 47 sales2011: 40 sales2012: 45 sales2013: 48 sales2014: 77 sales2015: 61 sales2016: 75 sales2017: 96 sales2018: 84 sales2019: 85 sales2020: 77 sales2021: 100 sales2022: 89 sales2023: 59 sales2024: 51 sales2025: 66 sales2026: 13 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

1020 November 2020 · 10 sales registeredDecember 2020 · 12 sales registeredJanuary 2021 · 8 sales registeredFebruary 2021 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2021 · 14 sales registeredApril 2021 · 9 sales registeredMay 2021 · 4 sales registeredJune 2021 · 10 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 4 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 9 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 12 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 7 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 10 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 3 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 13 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 9 sales registeredApril 2022 · 7 sales registeredMay 2022 · 7 sales registeredJune 2022 · 8 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 5 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 12 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 9 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 11 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 6 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 4 sales registeredMay 2023 · 6 sales registeredJune 2023 · 7 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 3 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 10 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 6 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 4 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 3 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 3 sales registeredApril 2024 · 3 sales registeredMay 2024 · 5 sales registeredJune 2024 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 9 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 4 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 5 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 6 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 6 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 6 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 8 sales registeredApril 2025 · 8 sales registeredMay 2025 · 6 sales registeredJune 2025 · 5 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 3 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 5 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 3 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 7 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 6 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 6 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 3 sales registered

LD7 recorded 63 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 77 sales a year before the financial crisis and 56 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around LD7

LD7 falls under Powys, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £620 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £461 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £951, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Powys

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £461 a month£4611 bed2 bed: £578 a month£5782 bed3 bed: £698 a month£6983 bed4+ bed: £951 a month£9514+ bed

Set against the £242,000 median sold price, £620 a month is £7,440 a year, a gross yield of 3.1%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will LD7 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 28% over five years in cash and up 4% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

LD7 ranks 3 of 8 in the LD area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, LD area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

LD6LD6 · +38% over five years · median £270,000+38%LD4LD4 · +36% over five years · median £225,000+36%LD7LD7 · +28% over five years · median £242,000+28%LD2LD2 · +21% over five years · median £255,000+21%LD2LD2 · +21% over five years · median £255,000+21%LD5LD5 · +20% over five years · median £287,500+20%LD5LD5 · +20% over five years · median £287,500+20%LD1LD1 · +17% over five years · median £242,500+17%LD3LD3 · +13% over five years · median £267,500+13%LD8LD8 · +13% over five years · median £272,500+13%

Inside LD7, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
LD7 1£242,00013

How LD7 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the LD area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
LD5£287,500+20%
LD8£272,500+13%
LD6£270,000+38%
LD3£267,500+13%
LD2£255,000+21%
LD1£242,500+17%
LD7 (this report)£242,000+28%
LD4£225,000+36%

Dig further

See every individual LD7 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference LD7 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.