The median home in Merthyr Tydfil sells for £150,000
That is the middle of 1,041 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 4.4 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.
Half of Merthyr Tydfil’s sales are terraced houses
1,041 homes sold in three years: 195 detached houses, 274 semi-detached houses, 538 terraced houses and 34 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 195 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£350K
Last 12 months
£305K42 sold
New build
£330K
Semi-detached houses£189K
median sale · 274 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£225K
Last 12 months
£209K62 sold
New build
£250K
Terraced houses£125K
median sale · 538 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£154K
Last 12 months
£126K155 sold
Flats and maisonettes£69K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£60K–£105K
Last 12 months
£76K7 sold
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses52%
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 Merthyr Tydfil’s homes sold for between £110K and £220K
One sale in ten was under £90K and one in ten over £310K. 80% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £150,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,041 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than Wales’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £33,950 in 1995 to £148,500 in the last 12 months (£110,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
266 sales in the last 12 months, against 686 in 2002, the busiest year, and 288 in 2011. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Merthyr Tydfil costs less than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Merthyr Tydfil, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£60K
£76K
£155K
£171K
£182K
£231K
£305K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£50K
£83K
£102K
£115K
£149K
£209K
Terraced houses
£30K
£31K
£69K
£75K
£75K
£91K
£126K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£41K
£66K
—
£79K
£76K
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: 0.4% of sales in the last 12 months
1,280 new homes have been sold in Merthyr Tydfil since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2009.
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 £309,995
against £145,000 for a home sold on, 114% 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.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.9% sold leasehold in Merthyr Tydfil. 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
Ty Newydd Heights is Merthyr Tydfil’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
52 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Ty Newydd Heights
CF48
26
£322,497
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
High Street
CF48
25
£118,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
The Coppice
CF47
20
£299,995
Mixed · new builds
4
Maesygarreg
CF48
11
£60,000
Mostly flats
5
Cae'r Wern
CF48
10
£178,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Brynhyfryd Street
CF47
10
£175,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Penydarren Park
CF47
9
£275,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Swansea Road
CF48
9
£225,000
Mixed
9
Mary Street
CF47
9
£118,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Pen Y Dyffryn
CF48
8
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Monmouth Drive
CF48
8
£199,975
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Cyfarthfa Mews
CF48
8
£192,500
Mixed
13
Heolgerrig
CF48
8
£182,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Primrose Hill
CF47
8
£149,750
Mostly terraced houses
15
Glyn Teg
CF47
8
£66,247
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Parc Cwm Pant Bach: £343,750
Merthyr Tydfil median£150K
Parc Cwm Pant Bach£344K
Sweet Water Park£325K
Ty Newydd Heights£322K
The Coppice£300K
Penydarren Park£275K
Cheapest streets
Maesygarreg: £60,000
Merthyr Tydfil median£150K
Maesygarreg£60K
Victoria Street£65K
Glyn Teg£66K
Tanybryn Place£90K
Clos Cwm Golau£98K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.7 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
Merthyr Tydfil is the 16th most expensive of 32 towns in Mid Glamorgan
Merthyr Tydfil 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 Merthyr Tydfil
What is the average house price in Merthyr Tydfil?
The median home in Merthyr Tydfil sold for £150,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,041 standard sales (£148,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £188,500, terraced houses £125,000 and flats and maisonettes £68,750.
Are house prices going up in Merthyr Tydfil?
The median was £151,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£153,750), and £148,500 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 Merthyr Tydfil each year?
266 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 424 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Merthyr Tydfil?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Parc Cwm Pant Bach (CF48, £343,750), Sweet Water Park (CF48, £325,000) and Ty Newydd Heights (CF48, £322,497).
How much does a new build cost in Merthyr Tydfil?
New homes sold for a median £309,995 over three years, against £145,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.5% of sales.
Is Merthyr Tydfil expensive for Mid Glamorgan?
Merthyr Tydfil is the 16th 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.
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