The median home in Rhymney sells for £115,500
That is the middle of 86 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 4.2 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.
Three quarters of Rhymney’s sales are terraced houses
86 homes sold in three years: 5 detached houses, 17 semi-detached houses, 62 terraced houses and 2 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £93K–£155K
median sale · 62 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £90K–£130K
- Last 12 months
- £119K14 sold
Detached houses: 5 sold, median £278K
Flats and maisonettes: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: three quarters of homes sold are terraced
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.
Half of Rhymney’s homes sold for between £90K and £145K
One sale in ten was under £75K and one in ten over £180K. 95% sold for under £250K.
The median, £115,500, sits in the £100–150K band
86 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than Wales’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £29,000 in 1995 to £122,500 in the last 12 months (£85,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
18 sales in the last 12 months, against 59 in 2022, the busiest year, and 16 in 2010. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 25%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 73% more sales than 2020.
Rhymney costs less than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Rhymney, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | £28K | £27K | £65K | £58K | £75K | £86K | £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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
9 new homes have been sold in Rhymney since 1995; the share peaked at 12% in 2013.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
1% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Rhymney. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
High Street is Rhymney’s busiest street, with 6 sales in three years
3 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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 | High Street | NP22 | 6 | £85,250 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Garden City | NP22 | 5 | £156,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | Hill Street | NP22 | 5 | £120,000 | Mostly terraced 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.
Rhymney is the 36th most expensive of 38 towns in Gwent
Rhymney is one of Gwent’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Gwent with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Rhymney’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: New Tredegar.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhymney | — | £116K | 18 | +68% |
| Pontlottyn | 1.1 | £135K | 9 | +107% |
| Fochriw | 1.5 | £100K | 4 | — |
| Abertysswg | 1.6 | £132K | 10 | +75% |
| Tredegar | 2.1 | £138K | 113 | +38% |
| New Tredegar | 3.4 | £100K | 28 | +96% |
| Ebbw Vale | 3.5 | £155K | 174 | +82% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 4 | £150K | 266 | +67% |
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 Rhymney
What is the average house price in Rhymney?
The median home in Rhymney sold for £115,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 86 standard sales (£122,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £277,500, semi-detached houses £113,500 and terraced houses £110,000.
Are house prices going up in Rhymney?
The median was £110,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£111,000), and £122,500 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 Rhymney each year?
18 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 38 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Rhymney expensive for Gwent?
Rhymney is the 36th 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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