That is the middle of 130 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 5.2 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.
130 homes sold in three years: 45 detached houses, 42 semi-detached houses, 41 terraced houses and 2 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£310K
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£375K
Last 12 months
£293K10 sold
Semi-detached houses£218K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£240K
Last 12 months
£220K16 sold
Terraced houses£190K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£225K
Last 12 months
£190K16 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes2%
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 Cardigan’s homes sold for between £180K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £153K and one in ten over £375K. 62% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £225,000, sits in the £200–250K band
130 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with Wales
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £41,000 in 1995 to £213,750 in the last 12 months (£169,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
42 sales in the last 12 months, against 72 in 2001, the busiest year, and 26 in 2008. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 29% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Cardigan costs about what Wales does
Median sale price each calendar year: Cardigan, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
—
£73K
£165K
£185K
£204K
£195K
£293K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£54K
£120K
£150K
£144K
£190K
£220K
Terraced houses
£35K
£42K
£123K
£107K
£113K
£140K
£190K
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
59 new homes have been sold in Cardigan since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 2010.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Cardigan. 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
Maesglas is Cardigan’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
Maesglas
SA43
12
£186,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
North Road
SA43
10
£192,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Feidrfair
SA43
9
£153,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Maes Y Dderwen
SA43
8
£373,750
Mostly detached houses
5
Feidrhenffordd
SA43
6
£257,475
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Aberystwyth Road
SA43
6
£232,000
Mixed
7
Y Rhos
SA43
6
£189,975
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Gwbert Road
SA43
5
£347,000
Mostly detached houses
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
Cardigan is the 3rd most expensive of 23 towns in Dyfed
Cardigan is one of Dyfed’s dearest 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 Cardigan
What is the average house price in Cardigan?
The median home in Cardigan sold for £225,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 130 standard sales (£213,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £310,000, semi-detached houses £217,500 and terraced houses £190,000.
Are house prices going up in Cardigan?
The median was £227,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£223,000), and £213,750 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 Cardigan each year?
42 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 48 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cardigan?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Maes Y Dderwen (SA43, £373,750), Gwbert Road (SA43, £347,000) and Feidrhenffordd (SA43, £257,475).
Is Cardigan expensive for Dyfed?
Cardigan is the 3rd 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.