The median home in Blaenau Ffestiniog sells for £123,000
That is the middle of 152 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 5.1 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 Blaenau Ffestiniog’s sales are terraced houses
152 homes sold in three years: 17 detached houses, 18 semi-detached houses, 115 terraced houses and 2 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£135K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£165K
Semi-detached houses£130K
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£165K
Last 12 months
£125K5 sold
Terraced houses£120K
median sale · 115 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£98K–£140K
Last 12 months
£116K24 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A terraced town: three quarters of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses11%
Semi-detached houses12%
Terraced houses76%
Flats and maisonettes1%
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 Blaenau Ffestiniog’s homes sold for between £98K and £150K
One sale in ten was under £80K and one in ten over £168K. 99% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £123,000, sits in the £100–150K band
152 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with Wales
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £23,100 in 1995 to £118,000 in the last 12 months (£80,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
34 sales in the last 12 months, against 101 in 2002, the busiest year, and 33 in 2011. Sales fell by 42% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 66% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Blaenau Ffestiniog costs less than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Blaenau Ffestiniog, 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
Semi-detached houses
£30K
£28K
£67K
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—
—
£125K
Terraced houses
£19K
£20K
£65K
£64K
£65K
£99K
£116K
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
3 new homes have been sold in Blaenau Ffestiniog since 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Blaenau Ffestiniog. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Across Gwynedd
Blaenau Ffestiniog is the 13th most expensive of 13 towns in Gwynedd
Blaenau Ffestiniog is one of Gwynedd’s cheapest 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 Blaenau Ffestiniog
What is the average house price in Blaenau Ffestiniog?
The median home in Blaenau Ffestiniog sold for £123,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 152 standard sales (£118,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £135,000, semi-detached houses £130,000 and terraced houses £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Blaenau Ffestiniog?
The median was £125,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£120,000), and £118,000 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 Blaenau Ffestiniog each year?
34 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 58 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Blaenau Ffestiniog expensive for Gwynedd?
Blaenau Ffestiniog is the 13th most expensive of 13 towns of 2,500 or more in Gwynedd 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.