That is the middle of 375 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 3.7 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
375 homes sold in three years: 72 detached houses, 80 semi-detached houses, 150 terraced houses and 73 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£333K
median sale · 72 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£262K–£410K
Last 12 months
£345K31 sold
Semi-detached houses£240K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£196K–£308K
Last 12 months
£233K19 sold
Terraced houses£195K
median sale · 150 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£243K
Last 12 months
£193K34 sold
Flats and maisonettes£168K
median sale · 73 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£198K
Last 12 months
£170K23 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 40% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses40%
Flats and maisonettes19%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Aberystwyth’s homes sold for between £170K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £360K. 63% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £210,000, sits in the £200–250K band
375 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than Wales’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,000 in 1995 to £215,000 in the last 12 months (£173,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
107 sales in the last 12 months, against 222 in 2002, the busiest year, and 94 in 2008. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Aberystwyth costs about what Wales does
Median sale price each calendar year: Aberystwyth, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£82K
£92K
£235K
£245K
£238K
£264K
£345K
Semi-detached houses
£65K
£72K
£171K
£200K
£190K
£211K
£233K
Terraced houses
£52K
£67K
£165K
£184K
£155K
£169K
£193K
Flats and maisonettes
£55K
£57K
£126K
£138K
£111K
£157K
£170K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
229 new homes have been sold in Aberystwyth since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 1996.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.3% sold leasehold in Aberystwyth. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Maesceinion is Aberystwyth’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
28 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Maesceinion
SY23
12
£330,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Erw Goch
SY23
9
£249,995
Mixed
3
Bryn Ardwyn
SY23
9
£168,000
Mostly flats
4
Cliff Terrace
SY23
8
£278,750
Mixed
5
Rhoshendre
SY23
8
£275,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Maes Crugiau
SY23
8
£230,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Caradoc Road
SY23
7
£300,000
Mixed
8
Maesheli
SY23
7
£194,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Dinas Terrace
SY23
6
£302,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Maeshendre
SY23
6
£291,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Y Lanfa
SY23
6
£250,000
Mostly flats
12
Parc Y Bryn
SY23
6
£239,250
Mostly flats
13
South Marine Terrace
SY23
6
£201,500
Mostly flats
14
Rhydybont
SY23
6
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Portland Road
SY23
6
£177,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Maesceinion: £330,000
Aberystwyth median£210K
Maesceinion£330K
Padarn Crescent£330K
Dinas Terrace£303K
Caradoc Road£300K
Maeshendre£291K
Cheapest streets
Llys Hen Ysgol: £90,725
Aberystwyth median£210K
Llys Hen Ysgol£91K
Queen Street£145K
Gerddi Rheidol£159K
Ystwyth Close£167K
Bryn Ardwyn£168K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.6 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Dyfed
Aberystwyth is the 5th most expensive of 23 towns in Dyfed
Aberystwyth is in the middle of Dyfed’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Aberystwyth
What is the average house price in Aberystwyth?
The median home in Aberystwyth sold for £210,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 375 standard sales (£215,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £332,500, semi-detached houses £240,250, terraced houses £194,500 and flats and maisonettes £168,000.
Are house prices going up in Aberystwyth?
The median was £198,000 in 2025, down 7% on 2024 (£214,000), and £215,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Aberystwyth each year?
107 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 142 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Aberystwyth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Maesceinion (SY23, £330,000), Padarn Crescent (SY23, £330,000) and Dinas Terrace (SY23, £302,500).
Is Aberystwyth expensive for Dyfed?
Aberystwyth is the 5th most expensive of 23 towns of 2,500 or more in Dyfed by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.