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Cwmbran market report NP44 7
The standing NP44 7 (Cwmbran) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 2,097 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in NP44 7 (Cwmbran) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the 2026 median for NP44 7 (Cwmbran) is £223,000, from 17 registered sales, up 28% on five years earlier; the mean is £220,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,430 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 2,097 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
NP44 7 is one sector of NP44 (Cwmbran): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where NP44 7 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in NP44 7
The 2026 median for NP44 7 is £223,000, taken from 17 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £220,200, practically level with it: prices here bunch tightly around the middle.
Price per square metre in NP44 7
Measured by floor area, the last five years of NP44 7 sales average about £2,430 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving NP44 7 22% below the national figure.
NP44 7's median sold price, 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.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £223,000 | £223,000 | 17 |
| 2025 | £205,000 | £209,902 | 61 |
| 2024 | £198,800 | £211,365 | 54 |
| 2023 | £188,000 | £206,566 | 39 |
| 2022 | £186,500 | £218,693 | 64 |
| 2021 | £174,500 | £220,940 | 88 |
| 2020 | £155,000 | £201,116 | 63 |
| 2019 | £230,000 | £301,475 | 89 |
| 2018 | £152,800 | £203,685 | 100 |
| 2017 | £137,500 | £187,536 | 80 |
| 2016 | £119,500 | £167,182 | 68 |
| 2015 | £115,000 | £162,495 | 51 |
| 2014 | £135,000 | £191,521 | 95 |
| 2013 | £125,000 | £179,863 | 63 |
| 2012 | £102,000 | £150,131 | 36 |
| 2011 | £110,000 | £166,058 | 44 |
| 2010 | £105,800 | £165,922 | 34 |
| 2009 | £112,000 | £180,041 | 39 |
| 2008 | £123,000 | £201,623 | 35 |
| 2007 | £121,200 | £205,589 | 76 |
| 2006 | £115,000 | £199,625 | 76 |
| 2005 | £111,500 | £198,425 | 86 |
| 2004 | £91,400 | £166,000 | 86 |
| 2003 | £75,000 | £138,168 | 73 |
| 2002 | £56,000 | £105,364 | 101 |
| 2001 | £49,500 | £95,161 | 76 |
| 2000 | £46,500 | £91,256 | 80 |
| 1999 | £44,200 | £88,088 | 68 |
| 1998 | £41,000 | £82,761 | 67 |
| 1997 | £41,000 | £84,083 | 57 |
| 1996 | £39,000 | £82,249 | 75 |
| 1995 | £38,500 | £83,693 | 56 |
In cash terms the typical NP44 7 home went from £38,500 in 1995 to £223,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 166%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2019; the current median sits about 26% below that. Someone who bought at the 2019 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the NP44 7 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2019 (+50.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2020 (−32.6%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What NP44 7 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +8.8% | +6.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +5.0% | +0.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +6.4% | +2.9% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Sales activity in NP44 7
The year-by-year sales count
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The register shows 17 NP44 7 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 82 sales a year before the financial crisis and 47 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
Reading the NP44 7 market
Only 17 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes NP44 7 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching. Against the NP44 district median, NP44 7 sits 12% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.
Rents around NP44 7
The local authority for NP44 7 is Torfaen, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £856 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £613 a month here against £1,373 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Torfaen
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£856 a month is £10,272 a year, which against the £223,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.6%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
Common questions on NP44 7 (Cwmbran)
How much did a house sell for in NP44 7 (Cwmbran)?
Are property prices falling in NP44 7 (Cwmbran)?
Is NP44 7 (Cwmbran) a good place to buy a house?
Where do NP44 7 prices go next?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 28% over five years in cash and flat after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What you could buy in NP44 now
The live side of the market holds 91 homes at the moment, listed by 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole NP44 district, not just NP44 7: live asking prices are collected per district.
34% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Five Locks Close, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, Cwmbran
- Brangwyn Avenue, Llantarnam, Cwmbran, Cwmbran
- Two Locks Road, Two Locks, Cwmbran
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every NP44 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
Moving up a bedroom in NP: the cost
What homes of each size actually sold for across the NP area, from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £285,000 | £370,000 (+30%) | £525,000 (+42%) | £683,000 (+30%) |
| Semi-detached | £200,000 | £215,000 (+7%) | £250,000 (+16%) | £320,000 (+28%) | £417,500 (+30%) |
| Terraced | £160,000 | £155,000 (-3%) | £170,000 (+10%) | £225,000 (+32%) | £293,750 (+31%) |
| Flat | £120,000 | £137,000 (+14%) | £200,000 (+46%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the NP area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, NP area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in NP44
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of NP44, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| NP44 1 | £189,000 | 30 |
| NP44 2 | £210,200 | 19 |
| NP44 3 | £197,500 | 28 |
| NP44 4 | £163,000 | 19 |
| NP44 5 | £175,000 | 11 |
| NP44 6 | £275,000 | 17 |
| NP44 8 | £242,500 | 12 |
Zoom out to the full NP44 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how NP44 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in NP44 7? Start from the sold record
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at NP44 7's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Estate agents working NP44 7: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim NP44 7.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with NP44 7 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
See every individual NP44 7 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. 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.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.