That is the middle of 2,118 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.
2,118 homes sold in three years: 684 detached houses, 894 semi-detached houses, 473 terraced houses and 67 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£315K
median sale · 684 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£375K
Last 12 months
£325K232 sold
New build
£290K
Semi-detached houses£220K
median sale · 894 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£188K–£250K
Last 12 months
£226K284 sold
New build
£230K
Terraced houses£178K
median sale · 473 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£205K
Last 12 months
£185K144 sold
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£140K
Last 12 months
£125K23 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses22%
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 Bridgend’s homes sold for between £183K and £295K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £373K. 60% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £230,000, sits in the £200–250K band
2,118 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 £45,500 in 1995 to £232,000 in the last 12 months (£169,475 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
683 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,326 in 2001, the busiest year, and 495 in 2009. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Bridgend costs about what Wales does
Median sale price each calendar year: Bridgend, 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
Detached houses
£67K
£99K
£189K
£195K
£203K
£247K
£325K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£57K
£120K
£128K
£135K
£172K
£226K
Terraced houses
£37K
£43K
£105K
£100K
£121K
£145K
£185K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£35K
£116K
£77K
£93K
£105K
£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
4,780 new homes have been sold in Bridgend since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2001.
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 £279,995
against £229,950 for a home sold on, 22% 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.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.8% sold leasehold in Bridgend. 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
Ffordd Cadfan is Bridgend’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
150 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 52 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
Ffordd Cadfan
CF31
37
£220,000
Mixed
2
Ty Gwyn Drive
CF31
35
£217,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Longacres
CF31
30
£166,625
Mixed
4
Merlin Crescent
CF31
24
£190,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Rhodfa Bryn Castell
CF31
20
£284,997
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Llys Santes Fair
CF31
20
£269,995
Mixed · new builds
7
Llys Ceirios
CF35
19
£235,000
Mixed
8
Maes Y Rhedyn
CF31
18
£246,500
Mixed
9
Maple Drive
CF31
18
£235,189
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Bishopswood
CF31
18
£159,750
Mostly terraced houses
11
Heol Castell Coety
CF31
16
£240,000
Mixed
12
Underwood Place
CF31
16
£237,000
Mixed
13
Hazeldene Avenue
CF31
16
£122,750
Mostly terraced houses
14
Clos Yr Eryr
CF35
15
£299,950
Mostly detached houses
15
Ffordd Y Draen
CF35
15
£261,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Merthyr Mawr Road: £475,000
Bridgend median£230K
Merthyr Mawr Road£475K
Preswylfa Court£416K
Bryntirion Hill£389K
Clos Y Fferm£379K
Anglia Close£375K
Cheapest streets
Maes-Y-Felin: £117,500
Bridgend median£230K
Maes-Y-Felin£118K
Hazeldene Avenue£123K
Restway Gardens£134K
Coychurch Road£143K
Cae Ffynnon£145K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4 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 Mid Glamorgan
Bridgend is the 8th most expensive of 32 towns in Mid Glamorgan
Bridgend is in the middle of Mid Glamorgan’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 Bridgend
What is the average house price in Bridgend?
The median home in Bridgend sold for £230,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,118 standard sales (£232,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £315,000, semi-detached houses £220,000, terraced houses £177,500 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Bridgend?
The median was £230,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£227,750), and £232,000 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 Bridgend each year?
683 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 904 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bridgend?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Merthyr Mawr Road (CF31, £475,000), Preswylfa Court (CF31, £416,250) and Bryntirion Hill (CF31, £388,500).
How much does a new build cost in Bridgend?
New homes sold for a median £279,995 over three years, against £229,950 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.7% of sales.
Is Bridgend expensive for Mid Glamorgan?
Bridgend is the 7th most expensive of 32 towns of 2,500 or more in Mid Glamorgan 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.