That is the middle of 1,503 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 4.1 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.
1,503 homes sold in three years: 366 detached houses, 585 semi-detached houses, 503 terraced houses and 49 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£280K
median sale · 366 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£325K
Last 12 months
£285K105 sold
Semi-detached houses£180K
median sale · 585 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£215K
Last 12 months
£182K163 sold
Terraced houses£130K
median sale · 503 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£105K–£163K
Last 12 months
£138K134 sold
Flats and maisonettes£90K
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£79K–£113K
Last 12 months
£105K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses33%
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 Neath’s homes sold for between £125K and £235K
One sale in ten was under £98K and one in ten over £307K. 78% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £175,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,503 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than Wales’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,000 in 1995 to £177,500 in the last 12 months (£125,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
413 sales in the last 12 months, against 928 in 2002, the busiest year, and 384 in 2009. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 42% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Neath costs less than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Neath, 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
£71K
£87K
£167K
£177K
£180K
£217K
£285K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£48K
£103K
£107K
£118K
£140K
£182K
Terraced houses
£31K
£36K
£79K
£81K
£92K
£96K
£138K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£29K
£65K
£68K
£66K
£65K
£105K
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
1,992 new homes have been sold in Neath since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6% sold leasehold in Neath. 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
Main Road is Neath’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
110 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 32 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
Main Road
SA10
23
£260,000
Mixed
2
Ridgewood Gardens
SA11
22
£180,250
Mixed
3
Old Road (SA11)
SA11
19
£155,000
Mixed
4
Dynevor Road
SA10
18
£169,000
Mixed
5
Bay View Gardens
SA10
18
£158,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Cae Morfa
SA10
17
£213,000
Mixed
7
Cimla Crescent
SA11
14
£266,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Mackworth Drive
SA11
14
£167,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Mill Race
SA10
13
£319,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Crymlyn Parc
SA10
13
£260,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Lewis Road
SA11
13
£250,000
Mixed
12
Bryncatwg
SA10
13
£243,000
Mixed
13
Longford Road
SA10
13
£195,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
New Road
SA10
13
£145,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Pant Yr Heol
SA11
13
£120,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Ffrwd Vale: £345,000
Neath median£175K
Ffrwd Vale£345K
Woodmill£345K
Crymlyn Gardens£330K
Y Gilfach£329K
The Meadows (SA11)£328K
Cheapest streets
Southall Avenue: £66,000
Neath median£175K
Southall Avenue£66K
Geraint Jeremiah Close£80K
Crythan Road£96K
Penrhiwtyn Street£97K
Highbury Court£97K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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 West Glamorgan
Neath is the 12th most expensive of 19 towns in West Glamorgan
Neath is in the middle of West 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 Neath
What is the average house price in Neath?
The median home in Neath sold for £175,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,503 standard sales (£177,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £280,000, semi-detached houses £179,950, terraced houses £130,000 and flats and maisonettes £90,000.
Are house prices going up in Neath?
The median was £180,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£168,000), and £177,500 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 Neath each year?
413 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 563 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Neath?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ffrwd Vale (SA10, £345,000), Woodmill (SA10, £345,000) and Crymlyn Gardens (SA10, £330,000).
Is Neath expensive for West Glamorgan?
Neath is the 12th most expensive of 19 towns of 2,500 or more in West 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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