Local authority · data to August 2026
House prices in Blaenau Gwent
Homes in Blaenau Gwent sold for an average £143,243, up 2.1% on a year ago. That is more than in 3% of UK councils. Over the last six months prices moved at +8.5% a year, faster than the +3.5% a year of the past two years.
- Average sale price
- £143,243
- Change in a year
- +2.1%
- −1.4% after inflation
- Pricier than
- 3%
- of UK councils
Blaenau Gwent: +26.2% in 5 years
Average sale price per home, £, monthly, with the next 12 months' expected path
- Blaenau Gwent
- Wales
- United Kingdom
- Expected path
- 80% range
Show the numbers
| Month | Blaenau Gwent | Wales | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2027 · Expected path | £154,027 (£141,211–£166,843) | £224,653 | £280,154 |
| Jul 2027 · Expected path | £153,129 (£140,919–£165,338) | £223,962 | £279,560 |
| Jun 2027 · Expected path | £152,230 (£140,646–£163,814) | £223,271 | £278,967 |
| May 2027 · Expected path | £151,331 (£140,397–£162,265) | £222,581 | £278,374 |
| Apr 2027 · Expected path | £150,432 (£140,176–£160,689) | £221,890 | £277,781 |
| Mar 2027 · Expected path | £149,534 (£139,989–£159,078) | £221,199 | £277,188 |
| Feb 2027 · Expected path | £148,635 (£139,845–£157,426) | £220,508 | £276,595 |
| Jan 2027 · Expected path | £147,736 (£139,754–£155,719) | £219,817 | £276,002 |
| Dec 2026 · Expected path | £146,838 (£139,736–£153,940) | £219,126 | £275,409 |
| Nov 2026 · Expected path | £145,939 (£139,822–£152,057) | £218,436 | £274,816 |
| Oct 2026 · Expected path | £145,040 (£140,073–£150,008) | £217,745 | £274,223 |
| Sep 2026 · Expected path | £144,142 (£140,648–£147,635) | £217,054 | £273,630 |
| Aug 2026 | £143,243 | £216,363 | £273,037 |
| Jul 2026 | £143,326 | £214,167 | £272,146 |
| Jun 2026 | £143,994 | £212,315 | £270,690 |
| May 2026 | £143,141 | £215,787 | £272,221 |
| Apr 2026 | £141,269 | £213,662 | £270,966 |
| Mar 2026 | £135,603 | £214,009 | £268,631 |
| Feb 2026 | £137,530 | £212,147 | £269,423 |
| Jan 2026 | £137,661 | £210,347 | £268,814 |
| Dec 2025 | £140,847 | £212,902 | £268,002 |
| Nov 2025 | £136,622 | £210,567 | £270,472 |
| Oct 2025 | £138,196 | £211,527 | £269,819 |
| Sep 2025 | £138,572 | £211,004 | £269,556 |
| Aug 2025 | £140,365 | £209,851 | £270,575 |
| Jul 2025 | £138,048 | £209,546 | £268,843 |
| Jun 2025 | £132,781 | £209,486 | £266,796 |
| May 2025 | £134,350 | £206,642 | £264,078 |
| Apr 2025 | £131,921 | £205,275 | £260,162 |
| Mar 2025 | £135,370 | £207,151 | £268,019 |
| Feb 2025 | £131,381 | £205,266 | £264,771 |
| Jan 2025 | £133,139 | £206,010 | £264,936 |
| Dec 2024 | £132,792 | £204,641 | £263,991 |
| Nov 2024 | £132,807 | £207,435 | £264,515 |
| Oct 2024 | £134,565 | £207,454 | £265,252 |
| Sep 2024 | £132,624 | £203,822 | £264,750 |
| Aug 2024 | £133,600 | £207,156 | £265,085 |
| Jul 2024 | £129,688 | £204,982 | £262,479 |
| Jun 2024 | £129,208 | £204,368 | £259,585 |
| May 2024 | £129,680 | £199,330 | £258,565 |
| Apr 2024 | £127,266 | £199,545 | £256,478 |
| Mar 2024 | £127,627 | £200,795 | £255,082 |
| Feb 2024 | £125,434 | £199,272 | £254,633 |
| Jan 2024 | £130,008 | £197,808 | £255,972 |
| Dec 2023 | £128,228 | £202,077 | £256,177 |
| Nov 2023 | £128,631 | £201,778 | £258,368 |
| Oct 2023 | £125,570 | £202,477 | £260,129 |
| Sep 2023 | £125,320 | £204,460 | £261,318 |
| Aug 2023 | £125,395 | £203,852 | £262,602 |
| Jul 2023 | £126,604 | £202,620 | £261,182 |
| Jun 2023 | £125,788 | £200,183 | £258,275 |
| May 2023 | £124,796 | £199,616 | £257,330 |
| Apr 2023 | £124,863 | £195,717 | £256,479 |
| Mar 2023 | £128,961 | £199,167 | £255,885 |
| Feb 2023 | £132,763 | £200,870 | £258,788 |
| Jan 2023 | £134,524 | £201,853 | £260,941 |
| Dec 2022 | £134,093 | £206,563 | £263,190 |
| Nov 2022 | £132,837 | £205,941 | £265,299 |
| Oct 2022 | £131,448 | £208,209 | £265,693 |
| Sep 2022 | £130,646 | £207,696 | £265,727 |
| Aug 2022 | £131,438 | £204,218 | £265,124 |
| Jul 2022 | £127,818 | £203,313 | £262,904 |
| Jun 2022 | £127,485 | £200,277 | £258,118 |
| May 2022 | £123,763 | £196,682 | £255,040 |
| Apr 2022 | £124,050 | £195,875 | £252,167 |
| Mar 2022 | £124,424 | £191,471 | £249,232 |
| Feb 2022 | £121,488 | £189,656 | £248,309 |
| Jan 2022 | £117,942 | £191,552 | £248,031 |
| Dec 2021 | £114,467 | £189,741 | £245,189 |
| Nov 2021 | £115,647 | £186,520 | £243,930 |
| Oct 2021 | £116,218 | £186,951 | £239,236 |
| Sep 2021 | £113,492 | £185,561 | £245,371 |
Reports for Blaenau Gwent
Each report opens the full series and the assumptions behind these figures.
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £141,211 and £166,843 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £154,027
- Chance of a rise
- 86%
At the average sale price, a home costs £143,243. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £661 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 11%
- Payment, one income
- 23%
Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- £682
- Owning per month
- £674
32.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 66
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.0
Figures for United Kingdom: Blaenau Gwent has no reliable figures of its own.
Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.8%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 11 times since 1995. The deepest began in October 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −29.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 69 months
In 2025 the population fell by 125 while 87 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 87
- Population change, 2025
- −125
7.5% of the 32,864 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 7.5%
- Empty homes
- 2,475
Other councils in Wales
Average price
- £400,000 and over
- £300,000 to £400,000
- £250,000 to £300,000
- £200,000 to £250,000
- £150,000 to £200,000
- Under £150,000
- No published price
| Local authority | Average price | In a year |
|---|---|---|
| Monmouthshire | £328,937 | +0.9% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | £300,358 | +3.2% |
| Cardiff | £272,443 | +2.1% |
| Powys | £237,042 | +1.4% |
| Isle of Anglesey | £236,308 | −0.4% |
| Ceredigion | £234,314 | −1.7% |
| Newport | £225,702 | −0.1% |
| Conwy | £218,235 | +3.0% |
| Wrexham | £215,035 | +3.8% |
| Flintshire | £214,882 | +2.5% |
| Swansea | £211,177 | +1.8% |
| Pembrokeshire | £211,074 | −2.5% |
| Bridgend | £210,905 | +2.8% |
| Denbighshire | £207,130 | +5.2% |
| Gwynedd | £203,555 | +4.1% |
| Caerphilly | £198,545 | +4.4% |
| Carmarthenshire | £195,263 | +2.7% |
| Torfaen | £194,895 | −2.8% |
| Neath Port Talbot | £165,787 | +2.0% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £165,213 | +4.9% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £148,656 | −1.0% |
| Blaenau Gwent | £143,243 | +2.1% |