That is the middle of 540 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 4.9 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.
540 homes sold in three years: 153 detached houses, 198 semi-detached houses, 172 terraced houses and 17 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£310K
median sale · 153 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£355K
Last 12 months
£320K40 sold
New build
£321K
Semi-detached houses£199K
median sale · 198 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£173K–£230K
Last 12 months
£218K45 sold
New build
£232K
Terraced houses£164K
median sale · 172 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£145K–£186K
Last 12 months
£170K54 sold
Flats and maisonettes£115K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£120K
Last 12 months
£120K6 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses32%
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 Sarn’s homes sold for between £161K and £263K
One sale in ten was under £127K and one in ten over £340K. 71% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £198,995, sits in the £150–200K band
540 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with Wales
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £42,725 in 1995 to £209,950 in the last 12 months (£135,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
145 sales in the last 12 months, against 256 in 2007, the busiest year, and 112 in 2009. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 48% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Sarn costs about what Wales does
Median sale price each calendar year: Sarn, 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
£61K
£67K
£209K
£178K
£222K
£248K
£320K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£50K
£107K
£120K
£128K
£145K
£218K
Terraced houses
£40K
£40K
£98K
£94K
£105K
£128K
£170K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£30K
£74K
£65K
£69K
£72K
£120K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
901 new homes have been sold in Sarn since 1995; the share peaked at 42% in 2014.
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 £288,995
against £190,000 for a home sold on, 52% 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, 2.9% sold leasehold in Sarn. 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 Glo Caled is Sarn’s busiest street, with 42 sales in three years
32 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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 Glo Caled
CF32
42
£294,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Heol Y Glowyr
CF32
35
£284,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Rowans Lane
CF32
21
£156,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Maes Brynach
CF32
17
£220,000
Mixed
5
Clos Tyn Y Coed
CF32
16
£192,750
Mixed
6
Bridgend Road
CF32
14
£172,500
Mixed
7
Bryn Road
CF32
13
£143,500
Mixed
8
Heol Bryncethin
CF32
11
£204,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Glan-Y-Nant
CF32
11
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Gerddi'r Afon
CF32
9
£350,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Davis Avenue
CF32
9
£190,000
Mixed
12
Hazel Mead
CF32
8
£180,000
Mixed
13
Bakers Way
CF32
8
£164,250
Mixed
14
Heol Adare
CF32
7
£201,250
Mostly detached houses
15
Onslow Terrace
CF32
7
£190,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Abergarw Meadow: £520,000
Sarn median£199K
Abergarw Meadow£520K
Derllwyn Road£365K
Leyshon Way£360K
Gerddi'r Afon£350K
Highfield Place£310K
Cheapest streets
Heol Ganol: £140,000
Sarn median£199K
Heol Ganol£140K
Bryn Road£144K
Maesteg Road£150K
Eustace Drive£153K
Heol Felyn Fach£153K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.7 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
Sarn is the 11th most expensive of 32 towns in Mid Glamorgan
Sarn 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 Sarn
What is the average house price in Sarn?
The median home in Sarn sold for £198,995 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 540 standard sales (£209,950 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £310,000, semi-detached houses £199,497, terraced houses £163,500 and flats and maisonettes £115,000.
Are house prices going up in Sarn?
The median was £205,100 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£193,747), and £209,950 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 Sarn each year?
145 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 195 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sarn?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Abergarw Meadow (CF32, £520,000), Derllwyn Road (CF32, £365,000) and Leyshon Way (CF32, £360,000).
How much does a new build cost in Sarn?
New homes sold for a median £288,995 over three years, against £190,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Sarn expensive for Mid Glamorgan?
Sarn is the 11th 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.