That is the middle of 1,574 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 4.9 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.
1,574 homes sold in three years: 436 detached houses, 372 semi-detached houses, 686 terraced houses and 80 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 436 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£297K–£387K
Last 12 months
£343K94 sold
New build
£350K
Semi-detached houses£230K
median sale · 372 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£186K–£270K
Last 12 months
£222K90 sold
New build
£280K
Terraced houses£175K
median sale · 686 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£154K–£200K
Last 12 months
£175K215 sold
New build
£275K
Flats and maisonettes£116K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£128K
Last 12 months
£119K18 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 44% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses44%
Flats and maisonettes5%
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 Cwmbrân’s homes sold for between £163K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £135K and one in ten over £370K. 62% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £210,000, sits in the £200–250K band
1,574 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 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 £200,000 in the last 12 months (£165,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
417 sales in the last 12 months, against 892 in 2002, the busiest year, and 339 in 2012. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Cwmbrân costs about what Wales does
Median sale price each calendar year: Cwmbrân, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£75K
£98K
£212K
£215K
£230K
£280K
£343K
Semi-detached houses
£41K
£52K
£120K
£137K
£133K
£174K
£222K
Terraced houses
£37K
£42K
£99K
£107K
£105K
£139K
£175K
Flats and maisonettes
£24K
£29K
£81K
£76K
£80K
£90K
£119K
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
New builds have slowed: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 24% in 2019
2,061 new homes have been sold in Cwmbrân since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £300,000
against £198,950 for a home sold on, 51% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.2% sold leasehold in Cwmbrân. 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
Heol Ewen is Cwmbrân’s busiest street, with 46 sales in three years
93 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 27 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
Heol Ewen
NP44
46
£284,997
Mixed · new builds
2
Clos Capel Llwyd
NP44
36
£310,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Abbey Woods
NP44
29
£345,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
James Prosser Way
NP44
29
£275,000
Mixed
5
Heol Lowri
NP44
27
£327,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Cwrt Celyn
NP44
25
£283,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Maes Celyn
NP44
23
£299,995
Mixed · new builds
8
Gifford Close
NP44
20
£282,500
Mixed
9
Llantarnam Road
NP44
20
£222,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Oakfield Grange
NP44
13
£310,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Beaumaris Drive
NP44
12
£227,500
Mixed
12
Caernarvon Crescent
NP44
12
£217,250
Mixed
13
Trinity Road
NP44
12
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Shakespeare Road
NP44
12
£166,250
Mixed
15
Blaen Bran Close
NP44
12
£119,500
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Greenwood Drive: £462,500
Cwmbrân median£210K
Greenwood Drive£463K
Lansdowne Gardens£408K
Primrose Court£405K
Ashleigh Court£363K
The Maltings£357K
Cheapest streets
St Woolos Green: £78,000
Cwmbrân median£210K
St Woolos Green£78K
Pontnewydd Walk£115K
Blaen Bran Close£120K
Paddock Rise£125K
Stonebridge Park£130K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.9 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 Gwent
Cwmbrân is the 14th most expensive of 38 towns in Gwent
Cwmbrân is in the middle of Gwent’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 Cwmbrân
What is the average house price in Cwmbrân?
The median home in Cwmbrân sold for £210,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,574 standard sales (£200,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £230,250, terraced houses £175,000 and flats and maisonettes £116,000.
Are house prices going up in Cwmbrân?
The median was £211,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£210,000), and £200,000 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 Cwmbrân each year?
417 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 653 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cwmbrân?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Greenwood Drive (NP44, £462,500), Lansdowne Gardens (NP44, £407,500) and Primrose Court (NP44, £405,000).
How much does a new build cost in Cwmbrân?
New homes sold for a median £300,000 over three years, against £198,950 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Cwmbrân expensive for Gwent?
Cwmbrân is the 13th most expensive of 38 towns of 2,500 or more in Gwent 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.
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