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Housing in Pontypool · HM Land Registry

The median home in Pontypool sells for £190,000

That is the middle of 907 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 5.4 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.

18thmost expensive of 38 in Gwent+50%since 2016
Median sale
£190K
907 sales in 3 years
Middle half: £150K to £252K
Sold in 12 months
296
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Median £194,500
New builds
0%
of sales in 3 years
In 10 years
+50%
median, 2016 to the last 12 months
£130K → £195K
What sells · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

42% of Pontypool’s sales are terraced houses

907 homes sold in three years: 189 detached houses, 307 semi-detached houses, 381 terraced houses and 30 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.

Detached houses£320K

median sale · 189 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£280K–£370K
Last 12 months
£320K71 sold
Semi-detached houses£205K

median sale · 307 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£175K–£240K
Last 12 months
£213K98 sold
Terraced houses£157K

median sale · 381 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£135K–£187K
Last 12 months
£155K119 sold
Flats and maisonettes£98K

median sale · 30 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£75K–£123K
Last 12 months
£125K8 sold
The mix

A terraced town: 42% of homes sold are terraced

Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses42%
Flats and maisonettes3%

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 Pontypool’s homes sold for between £150K and £252K

One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £330K. 73% sold for under £250K.

Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

The median, £190,000, sits in the £150–200K band

093187280Under £100K: 39 sold<£100K£100–150K: 170 sold£100–150K£150–200K: 280 sold£150–200K£200–250K: 177 sold£200–250K£250–300K: 98 sold£250–300K£300–400K: 113 sold£300–400K£400–500K: 24 sold£400–500K£500–750K: 4 sold£500–750K£750K–1M: 1 sold£750K–1M£1M+: 1 sold£1M+

907 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.

Since 1995

The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than Wales’s

Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,000 in 1995 to £194,500 in the last 12 months (£155,000 in 2019).

31 years of sales

Fewer homes sell than in most years

296 sales in the last 12 months, against 538 in 2006, the busiest year, and 223 in 2009. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 45% more sales than 2020.

Homes soldMedian sale price
0137275412550£75K£150K£225K£300K1996: 339 sold, typical £36K’961997: 449 sold, typical £39K1998: 358 sold, typical £40K’981999: 440 sold, typical £45K2000: 477 sold, typical £47K’002001: 498 sold, typical £49K2002: 504 sold, typical £57K’022003: 458 sold, typical £73K2004: 403 sold, typical £90K’042005: 382 sold, typical £97K2006: 538 sold, typical £115K’062007: 537 sold, typical £124K2008: 268 sold, typical £118K’082009: 223 sold, typical £110K2010: 236 sold, typical £117K’102011: 284 sold, typical £125K2012: 298 sold, typical £128K’122013: 356 sold, typical £130K2014: 371 sold, typical £125K’142015: 342 sold, typical £130K2016: 379 sold, typical £130K’162017: 476 sold, typical £140K2018: 511 sold, typical £158K’182019: 471 sold, typical £155K2020: 318 sold, typical £151K’202021: 460 sold, typical £162K2022: 434 sold, typical £175K’222023: 320 sold, typical £180K2024: 302 sold, typical £190K’242025: 355 sold, typical £194KLast 12 months: 296 sold, typical £195KNow
Against Wales

Pontypool costs less than Wales as a whole

Median sale price each calendar year: Pontypool, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).

£75K£150K£225K£300K1995200020052010201520202025Pontypool 1995: £36,000Pontypool 1996: £35,995Pontypool 1997: £39,000Pontypool 1998: £40,000Pontypool 1999: £45,000Pontypool 2000: £46,750Pontypool 2001: £49,000Pontypool 2002: £57,000Pontypool 2003: £73,250Pontypool 2004: £90,000Pontypool 2005: £96,500Pontypool 2006: £114,975Pontypool 2007: £124,000Pontypool 2008: £118,000Pontypool 2009: £110,000Pontypool 2010: £116,500Pontypool 2011: £124,997Pontypool 2012: £128,000Pontypool 2013: £130,000Pontypool 2014: £125,000Pontypool 2015: £130,000Pontypool 2016: £130,000Pontypool 2017: £140,000Pontypool 2018: £157,500Pontypool 2019: £155,000Pontypool 2020: £151,000Pontypool 2021: £162,000Pontypool 2022: £175,000Pontypool 2023: £180,000Pontypool 2024: £190,000Pontypool 2025: £194,000Wales 1995: £44,000Wales 1996: £45,000Wales 1997: £47,950Wales 1998: £49,500Wales 1999: £53,000Wales 2000: £56,500Wales 2001: £60,000Wales 2002: £71,000Wales 2003: £88,000Wales 2004: £115,000Wales 2005: £125,000Wales 2006: £133,000Wales 2007: £140,000Wales 2008: £135,000Wales 2009: £132,500Wales 2010: £135,000Wales 2011: £130,500Wales 2012: £133,000Wales 2013: £135,000Wales 2014: £140,000Wales 2015: £144,995Wales 2016: £149,000Wales 2017: £152,000Wales 2018: £157,500Wales 2019: £163,000Wales 2020: £173,000Wales 2021: £189,995Wales 2022: £200,000Wales 2023: £200,000Wales 2024: £210,000Wales 2025: £218,000Typical UK town 1995: £52,000Typical UK town 1996: £53,142Typical UK town 1997: £56,973Typical UK town 1998: £59,973Typical UK town 1999: £65,500Typical UK town 2000: £74,375Typical UK town 2001: £83,995Typical UK town 2002: £104,750Typical UK town 2003: £128,250Typical UK town 2004: £148,000Typical UK town 2005: £155,000Typical UK town 2006: £161,000Typical UK town 2007: £171,500Typical UK town 2008: £166,000Typical UK town 2009: £156,725Typical UK town 2010: £166,500Typical UK town 2011: £160,500Typical UK town 2012: £164,575Typical UK town 2013: £167,000Typical UK town 2014: £176,000Typical UK town 2015: £187,000Typical UK town 2016: £200,000Typical UK town 2017: £212,500Typical UK town 2018: £224,250Typical UK town 2019: £229,950Typical UK town 2020: £240,000Typical UK town 2021: £255,000Typical UK town 2022: £275,000Typical UK town 2023: £274,500Typical UK town 2024: £275,000Typical UK town 2025: £280,000Typical UK town £280KWales £218KPontypool £194K
By type

Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995

£100K£200K£300K£400K1995200020052010201520202025Detached houses 1995: £74,500Detached houses 1996: £72,375Detached houses 1997: £80,000Detached houses 1998: £85,500Detached houses 1999: £89,975Detached houses 2000: £96,000Detached houses 2001: £102,225Detached houses 2002: £105,000Detached houses 2003: £145,000Detached houses 2004: £163,750Detached houses 2005: £200,000Detached houses 2006: £192,000Detached houses 2007: £221,000Detached houses 2008: £218,995Detached houses 2009: £177,500Detached houses 2010: £184,000Detached houses 2011: £197,500Detached houses 2012: £202,000Detached houses 2013: £210,000Detached houses 2014: £222,000Detached houses 2015: £208,995Detached houses 2016: £231,000Detached houses 2017: £245,000Detached houses 2018: £271,497Detached houses 2019: £275,000Detached houses 2020: £270,000Detached houses 2021: £296,000Detached houses 2022: £330,000Detached houses 2023: £305,000Detached houses 2024: £328,000Detached houses 2025: £320,000Semi-detached houses 1995: £43,000Semi-detached houses 1996: £43,000Semi-detached houses 1997: £47,250Semi-detached houses 1998: £46,000Semi-detached houses 1999: £49,750Semi-detached houses 2000: £56,000Semi-detached houses 2001: £55,500Semi-detached houses 2002: £66,000Semi-detached houses 2003: £82,000Semi-detached houses 2004: £109,950Semi-detached houses 2005: £124,000Semi-detached houses 2006: £132,500Semi-detached houses 2007: £139,455Semi-detached houses 2008: £134,077Semi-detached houses 2009: £120,000Semi-detached houses 2010: £129,250Semi-detached houses 2011: £134,000Semi-detached houses 2012: £125,997Semi-detached houses 2013: £133,000Semi-detached houses 2014: £129,975Semi-detached houses 2015: £139,250Semi-detached houses 2016: £129,500Semi-detached houses 2017: £147,000Semi-detached houses 2018: £155,950Semi-detached houses 2019: £161,750Semi-detached houses 2020: £169,999Semi-detached houses 2021: £180,000Semi-detached houses 2022: £201,050Semi-detached houses 2023: £200,000Semi-detached houses 2024: £208,000Semi-detached houses 2025: £200,000Terraced houses 1995: £31,600Terraced houses 1996: £30,000Terraced houses 1997: £33,500Terraced houses 1998: £35,000Terraced houses 1999: £35,850Terraced houses 2000: £36,000Terraced houses 2001: £41,000Terraced houses 2002: £45,000Terraced houses 2003: £61,000Terraced houses 2004: £80,000Terraced houses 2005: £87,000Terraced houses 2006: £97,500Terraced houses 2007: £105,000Terraced houses 2008: £105,000Terraced houses 2009: £92,000Terraced houses 2010: £101,000Terraced houses 2011: £95,000Terraced houses 2012: £100,000Terraced houses 2013: £90,000Terraced houses 2014: £88,000Terraced houses 2015: £90,000Terraced houses 2016: £88,500Terraced houses 2017: £96,000Terraced houses 2018: £115,000Terraced houses 2019: £126,000Terraced houses 2020: £128,000Terraced houses 2021: £133,000Terraced houses 2022: £144,975Terraced houses 2023: £150,750Terraced houses 2024: £154,950Terraced houses 2025: £160,000Flats and maisonettes 1995: £24,750Flats and maisonettes 1996: £28,000Flats and maisonettes 1998: £27,750Flats and maisonettes 1999: £26,500Flats and maisonettes 2000: £27,000Flats and maisonettes 2001: £26,000Flats and maisonettes 2002: £29,000Flats and maisonettes 2003: £38,950Flats and maisonettes 2004: £62,000Flats and maisonettes 2005: £67,000Flats and maisonettes 2006: £68,750Flats and maisonettes 2007: £70,000Flats and maisonettes 2008: £70,000Flats and maisonettes 2009: £65,000Flats and maisonettes 2010: £55,000Flats and maisonettes 2011: £64,000Flats and maisonettes 2012: £55,000Flats and maisonettes 2013: £58,750Flats and maisonettes 2014: £62,500Flats and maisonettes 2015: £56,750Flats and maisonettes 2016: £70,000Flats and maisonettes 2017: £56,005Flats and maisonettes 2018: £66,500Flats and maisonettes 2019: £70,000Flats and maisonettes 2020: £78,500Flats and maisonettes 2021: £81,000Flats and maisonettes 2022: £83,000Flats and maisonettes 2023: £96,000Flats and maisonettes 2024: £81,500Flats and maisonettes 2025: £125,000Detached houses £320KSemi-detached houses £200KTerraced houses £160KFlats and maisonettes £125K
199520002005201020152020Last 12 months
Detached houses£75K£96K£200K£184K£209K£270K£320K
Semi-detached houses£43K£56K£124K£129K£139K£170K£213K
Terraced houses£32K£36K£87K£101K£90K£128K£155K
Flats and maisonettes£25K£27K£67K£55K£57K£79K£125K

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

1,145 new homes have been sold in Pontypool since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 2012.

New-build share of sales1996: 4.4%’961997: 19%1998: 11%1999: 13%’992000: 7.3%2001: 8%2002: 8.5%’022003: 1.1%2004: 1.7%2005: 0.5%’052006: 8.7%2007: 4.5%2008: 13%’082009: 9.4%2010: 7.6%2011: 20%’112012: 28%2013: 26%2014: 13%’142015: 8.2%2016: 9.2%2017: 16%’172018: 21%2019: 19%2020: 4.4%’202021: 0.2%2022: 0.5%2023: 0%’232024: 0%2025: 0%Last 12 months: 0%Now

Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.

New builds and tenure · 3 years

7% of sales were leasehold

Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.3% sold leasehold in Pontypool. 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

Osborne Road is Pontypool’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years

64 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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.

#StreetPostcode areaSalesMedianHomes
1Osborne RoadNP418£94,125Mostly terraced houses
2Parc PantegNP414£297,000Mixed
3Hanbury RoadNP414£157,500Mostly terraced houses
4Usk RoadNP413£290,000Mostly detached houses
5ChurchwoodNP412£349,000Mostly detached houses
6The HighwayNP412£252,500Mixed
7Open Hearth CloseNP412£172,500Mostly semi-detached houses
8Lon GwenantNP4410£282,500Mixed
9Blaendare RoadNP410£191,500Mostly semi-detached houses
10Clos Afon LlwydNP410£189,000Mixed
11Coed CamlasNP49£320,000Mostly detached houses
12Sunnybank RoadNP49£270,000Mixed
13ClairwainNP49£210,000Mostly semi-detached houses
14Coed Y FelinNP48£395,750Mostly detached houses
15Jerusalem LaneNP48£280,000Mixed
Dearest streets

Coed Y Felin: £395,750

Pontypool median£190K
Coed Y Felin£396K
Sunlea Crescent£380K
Churchwood£349K
Laburnum Drive£338K
Coed Camlas£320K
Cheapest streets

Osborne Road: £94,125

Pontypool median£190K
Osborne Road£94K
Grosvenor Place£124K
Machine Meadow£125K
Glosters Parade£130K
Broad Street£140K

Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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

Pontypool is the 18th most expensive of 38 towns in Gwent

Pontypool is in the middle of Gwent’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.

Median sale, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1Langstone£380K2Undy and Magor£321K3Rogerstone£309K
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16Blackwood£195K17Nelson£193K18Pontypool£190K19Ystrad Mynach£185K20Fleur-de-lis and Pengam£180K
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37Cwm£110K38New Tredegar£100K

Towns of 2,500 or more in Gwent with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.

Pontypool’s neighbours

Cheaper nearby: Abersychan and Abertillery.

All towns in Gwent →
AbersychanCwmbrânPenperlleniSwffrydLlanhillethTrinantAbertilleryAbersychanCwmbrânPenperlleniSwffrydLlanhillethTrinantAbertilleryPontypool
Prices next door
TownMilesMedianSold, 12 moSince 2016
Pontypool—£190K296+46%
Abersychan2.7£160K63+52%
Cwmbrân3.2£210K417+62%
Penperlleni3.6£325K13+67%
Swffryd4.3£120K8+48%
Llanhilleth4.5£103K19+87%
Trinant5£145K8—
Abertillery5£125K95+76%

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 Pontypool

What is the average house price in Pontypool?

The median home in Pontypool sold for £190,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 907 standard sales (£194,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £320,000, semi-detached houses £205,000, terraced houses £157,000 and flats and maisonettes £97,500.

Are house prices going up in Pontypool?

The median was £194,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£190,000), and £194,500 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 Pontypool each year?

296 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 397 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.

What are the most expensive streets in Pontypool?

Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Coed Y Felin (NP4, £395,750), Sunlea Crescent (NP4, £380,000) and Churchwood (NP4, £349,000).

Is Pontypool expensive for Gwent?

Pontypool is the 18th 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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