That is the middle of 1,118 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 4.6 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 Pontypridd’s sales are terraced houses
1,118 homes sold in three years: 79 detached houses, 281 semi-detached houses, 712 terraced houses and 46 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£310K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£371K
Last 12 months
£304K24 sold
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 281 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£247K
Last 12 months
£215K65 sold
Terraced houses£145K
median sale · 712 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£123K–£175K
Last 12 months
£150K219 sold
Flats and maisonettes£102K
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£92K–£120K
Last 12 months
£97K11 sold
The mix
A terraced town: two thirds of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses7%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses64%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Pontypridd’s homes sold for between £125K and £195K
One sale in ten was under £104K and one in ten over £262K. 88% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £156,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,118 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with Wales
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £35,000 in 1995 to £160,000 in the last 12 months (£115,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
319 sales in the last 12 months, against 794 in 2002, the busiest year, and 204 in 2009. Sales fell by 60% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 61% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Pontypridd costs less than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Pontypridd, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£68K
£86K
£159K
£165K
£222K
£233K
£304K
Semi-detached houses
£41K
£50K
£110K
£100K
£133K
£160K
£215K
Terraced houses
£33K
£35K
£90K
£85K
£96K
£115K
£150K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£30K
£75K
£69K
£88K
£95K
£97K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 19% in 2015
596 new homes have been sold in Pontypridd since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 2015.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Pontypridd. 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
Heol Gruffydd is Pontypridd’s busiest street, with 35 sales in three years
82 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 27 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
Heol Gruffydd
CF37
35
£205,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Bonvilston Road
CF37
23
£145,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Wood Road
CF37
21
£125,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Middle Street
CF37
14
£151,500
Mostly terraced houses
5
Berw Road
CF37
13
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
King Street
CF37
13
£125,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Ymyl Yr Afon
CF37
12
£231,475
Mostly terraced houses
8
Morien Crescent
CF37
12
£169,975
Mixed
9
Graigwen Road
CF37
12
£156,250
Mixed
10
Coedpenmaen Road
CF37
12
£143,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Wood Street
CF37
12
£132,750
Mostly terraced houses
12
Coed Isaf Road
CF37
11
£215,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
The Parade
CF37
11
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Queen Street
CF37
11
£135,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Pontshonnorton Road
CF37
11
£128,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Parc Y Dyffryn: £320,000
Pontypridd median£156K
Parc Y Dyffryn£320K
Cardiff Road£305K
Llantwit Road£285K
Alexon Way£280K
Tyfica Road£275K
Cheapest streets
High Street: £90,800
Pontypridd median£156K
High Street£91K
Hopkinstown Road£100K
Rickards Street£105K
Sion Street£112K
Porcher Avenue£115K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.5 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
Pontypridd is the 15th most expensive of 32 towns in Mid Glamorgan
Pontypridd 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 Pontypridd
What is the average house price in Pontypridd?
The median home in Pontypridd sold for £156,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,118 standard sales (£160,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £310,000, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £145,000 and flats and maisonettes £102,000.
Are house prices going up in Pontypridd?
The median was £160,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£155,000), 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 Pontypridd each year?
319 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 439 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Pontypridd?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Parc Y Dyffryn (CF37, £320,000), Cardiff Road (CF37, £305,000) and Llantwit Road (CF37, £285,000).
Is Pontypridd expensive for Mid Glamorgan?
Pontypridd is the 15th 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.