Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Porthmadog sell for a median £179,000
That is the middle of 106 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 3.4 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.
Two thirds of Porthmadog’s sales are terraced houses
106 homes sold in three years: 7 detached houses, 11 semi-detached houses, 71 terraced houses and 17 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £195K–£300K
median sale · 71 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £140K–£220K
- Last 12 months
- £160K20 sold
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £125K–£165K
Detached houses: 7 sold, median £250K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: two thirds 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 Porthmadog’s homes sold for between £145K and £235K
One sale in ten was under £110K and one in ten over £300K. 78% sold for under £250K.
The median, £179,000, sits in the £150–200K band
106 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than Wales’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £47,250 in 1995 to £160,000 in the last 12 months (£145,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
28 sales in the last 12 months, against 71 in 1998, the busiest year, and 28 in 2012. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 16%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 37% more sales than 2020.
Porthmadog costs less than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Porthmadog, 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 | £41K | £47K | £134K | £122K | £128K | £140K | £160K |
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
13 new homes have been sold in Porthmadog since 1995; the share peaked at 9% in 1995.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.4% sold leasehold in Porthmadog. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
South Snowdon Wharf is Porthmadog’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
6 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | South Snowdon Wharf | LL49 | 11 | £150,000 | Mostly flats |
| 2 | Tan Y Foel | LL49 | 7 | £215,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | Chapel Street | LL49 | 7 | £155,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Ralph Street | LL49 | 6 | £298,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | East Avenue | LL49 | 6 | £170,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Madoc Street | LL49 | 5 | £190,000 | 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.
Porthmadog is the 8th most expensive of 13 towns in Gwynedd
Porthmadog is in the middle of Gwynedd’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Gwynedd with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Porthmadog’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Blaenau Ffestiniog.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porthmadog | — | £179K | 28 | +43% |
| Penrhyndeudraeth | 2.8 | £144K | 23 | +52% |
| Criccieth | 4.2 | £314K | 22 | +50% |
| Harlech | 4.5 | £185K | 26 | +48% |
| Blaenau Ffestiniog | 9.4 | £123K | 34 | +63% |
| Penygroes | 11 | £135K | 8 | +50% |
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 Porthmadog
What is the average house price in Porthmadog?
The median home in Porthmadog sold for £179,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 106 standard sales (£160,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £250,000, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £175,000 and flats and maisonettes £160,000.
Are house prices going up in Porthmadog?
The median was £179,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£175,000), and £160,000 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 Porthmadog each year?
28 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.
Is Porthmadog expensive for Gwynedd?
Porthmadog is the 8th 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.
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