Homes in Rhos sell for a median £250,000
That is the middle of 98 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 5.2 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 Rhos’s sales are detached houses
98 homes sold in three years: 67 detached houses, 27 semi-detached houses and 4 terraced houses.
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £215K–£315K
- Last 12 months
- £263K20 sold
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £171K–£225K
- Last 12 months
- £190K9 sold
Terraced houses: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: two thirds of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
Half of Rhos’s homes sold for between £193K and £280K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £355K. 49% sold for under £250K.
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
98 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with Wales
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,497 in 1995 to £255,000 in the last 12 months (£187,500 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
29 sales in the last 12 months, against 72 in 1998, the busiest year, and 17 in 2008. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%.
Rhos costs more than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Rhos, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £53K | £67K | £149K | £170K | £158K | £223K | £263K |
| Semi-detached houses | £48K | £54K | £111K | £120K | £119K | £160K | £190K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
142 new homes have been sold in Rhos since 1995; the share peaked at 63% in 1998.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.1% sold leasehold in Rhos. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Delffordd is Rhos’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
5 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Delffordd | SA8 | 31 | £225,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 2 | Neath Road | SA8 | 8 | £281,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | Heol Cynfeli | SA8 | 6 | £257,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Heol Alfred Wallace | SA8 | 5 | £260,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 5 | Waun Daniel | SA8 | 5 | £220,000 | Mostly detached houses |
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.
Rhos is the 3rd most expensive of 19 towns in West Glamorgan
Rhos is one of West Glamorgan’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in West Glamorgan with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Rhos’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Alltwen, Pontardawe and Clydach.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhos | — | £250K | 29 | +75% |
| Alltwen | 0.7 | £220K | 17 | +24% |
| Pontardawe | 1.1 | £190K | 47 | +55% |
| Clydach | 2.8 | £165K | 81 | +39% |
| Cilfrew | 2.9 | £170K | 27 | +18% |
| Tonna | 3.5 | £210K | 30 | +64% |
| Creunant | 3.5 | £179K | 15 | +39% |
| Neath | 3.6 | £175K | 413 | +40% |
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 Rhos
What is the average house price in Rhos?
The median home in Rhos sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 98 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £258,000 and semi-detached houses £207,500.
Are house prices going up in Rhos?
The median was £246,500 in 2025, up 10% on 2024 (£224,000), and £255,000 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 Rhos each year?
29 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 37 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Rhos expensive for West Glamorgan?
Rhos is the 3rd 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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