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UK House Price Index Wales: July 2022

Published 14 September 2022

1. Headline statistics for July 2022

The average price of a property in Wales was £219,951

The annual price change of a property for Wales was 17.6%

The monthly price change of a property for Wales was 2.8%

The index figure for Wales (January 2015 = 100) was 161.6

Estimates for the most recent months are provisional and are likely to be updated as more data is incorporated into the index. Read the revision policies.

Next publication of UK HPI

The August 2022 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 19 October 2022. See the calendar of release dates for more information.

2. Economic statement

Wales house prices increased by 17.6% in the year to July 2022, up from 9.1% in June 2022. Wales house prices were growing faster than the UK annual rate of 15.5% in the year to July 2022. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis average house prices in Wales increased by 2.8% between June and July 2022, compared with a decrease of 4.7% during the same period a year earlier (June 2021 and July 2021). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in Wales increased by 2.9% between June 2022 and July 2022.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2021 with the provisional estimate for May 2022, the volume of transactions increased by 48.3% in Wales. UK volume transactions increased by 34.5% over the same period.

In Wales, all local authority areas showed an increase in average house prices in the year to July 2022. Blaenau Gwent showed the strongest growth, rising by 20.0% to £132,000 in the year to July 2022. In contrast, Cardiff showed the lowest annual change, with an increase of 8.3% in the year to July 2022, with the average house price at £256,000.

Of all property types, terraced houses showed the largest annual growth, rising by 18.4% in the year to July 2022 to £173,000. Flats and maisonettes showed the lowest annual growth, rising by 10.2% in the year to July 2022, to an average price of £136,000.

As with other indicators in the housing market, which typically fluctuate from month to month, it is important not to put too much weight on one month’s set of house price data.

3. Price change

3.1 Annual price change

Annual price change for Wales over the past 5 years

In Wales, average prices increased by 17.6% in the year to July 2022, up from 9.1% in June 2022.

Annual price change by local authority for Wales

Low numbers of sales transactions in some local authorities can lead to volatility in the series.

While we make efforts to account for this volatility, the change in price in these local levels can be influenced by the type and number of properties sold in any given period.

Geographies with low number of sales transactions should be analysed in the context of their longer-term trends rather than focusing on monthly movements.

Local authorities July 2022 July 2021 Difference
Blaenau Gwent £132,156 £110,101 20.0%
Bridgend £205,549 £182,124 12.9%
Caerphilly £186,215 £163,935 13.6%
Cardiff £256,116 £236,383 8.3%
Carmarthenshire £201,526 £179,807 12.1%
Ceredigion £247,781 £220,411 12.4%
Conwy £220,491 £192,596 14.5%
Denbighshire £200,390 £180,492 11.0%
Flintshire £213,694 £188,213 13.5%
Gwynedd £211,247 £187,732 12.5%
Isle of Anglesey £240,191 £211,730 13.4%
Merthyr Tydfil £152,500 £127,334 19.8%
Monmouthshire £350,853 £304,163 15.4%
Neath Port Talbot £163,369 £140,372 16.4%
Newport £233,711 £204,060 14.5%
Pembrokeshire £248,675 £209,996 18.4%
Powys £239,700 £215,868 11.0%
Rhondda Cynon Taf £159,240 £139,129 14.5%
Swansea £194,750 £174,138 11.8%
Torfaen £197,812 £175,191 12.9%
Vale of Glamorgan £306,294 £260,260 17.7%
Wrexham £207,803 £179,375 15.8%
Wales £219,951 £187,050 17.6%

Average price by local authority for Wales

In July 2022, the most expensive area to purchase a property was Monmouthshire, where the average cost was £351,000. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Blaenau Gwent, where the average cost was £132,000.

3.2 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for Wales

Property type July 2022 July 2021 Difference
Detached £335,993 £284,282 18.2%
Semi-detached £213,446 £180,973 17.9%
Terraced £172,702 £145,908 18.4%
Flat or maisonette £136,472 £123,794 10.2%
All £219,951 £187,050 17.6%

4. Sales volumes

The amount of time between the sale of a property and the registration of this information varies. It typically ranges between 2 weeks and 2 months but can be longer. Volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet at a reliable level for reporting, so they are not included in the report. Published transactions for recent months will increase as later registered transactions are incorporated into the index.

Sales volume data is also available by property status (new build and existing property) and funding status (cash and mortgage) in our downloadable data tables. Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and require more time to process. Read Revisions to the UK HPI data for more information.

4.1 Sales volumes by local authority

Sales volumes for Wales by local authority

Local authorities May 2022 May 2021
Blaenau Gwent 51 82
Bridgend 95 200
Caerphilly 151 233
Cardiff 230 402
Carmarthenshire 141 238
Ceredigion 47 92
Conwy 109 187
Denbighshire 77 105
Flintshire 126 174
Gwynedd 93 125
Isle of Anglesey 50 79
Merthyr Tydfil 42 68
Monmouthshire 57 117
Neath Port Talbot 111 139
Newport 119 173
Pembrokeshire 79 170
Powys 76 134
Rhondda Cynon Taf 223 293
Swansea 185 224
Torfaen 75 99
Vale of Glamorgan 103 181
Wrexham 91 129
Wales 2,331 3,644

Note: The ‘Difference’ column has been removed from this table as the latest month’s data are not yet complete.

Note: The number of property transactions for May 2022 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2021 with the provisional estimate for May 2022, volume transactions increased by 48.3% in Wales.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period) report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, volume transactions decreased by 4.0% in Wales in the year to May 2022.

4.2 Sales volumes

Sales volumes for Wales over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for Wales
May 2018 3,799
May 2019 3,854
May 2020 1,576
May 2021 3,644
May 2022 2,331

5. Property status

Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and need more time to process. This means they can take longer to appear in the land registers. The volume of new build transactions for the most recent 2 months are not at a reliable level for reporting the breakdown between new build and existing resold property, so they are not included in the report.

New build and existing resold property for Wales

Property status Average price May 2022 Monthly change Annual change
New build £308,649 1.4% 25.5%
Existing resold property £206,808 0.1% 13.5%

Note: Since the October 2017 release, amendments have been made to our estimation model when calculating our provisional estimate. Find out further information and the impact of this change in methods used to produce the UK HPI.

6. Buyer status

First time buyer and former owner occupier for Wales

Type of buyer Average price July 2022 Monthly change Annual change
First time buyer £189,576 2.4% 17.3%
Former owner occupier £255,693 3.1% 18.0%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for Wales

Funding status Average price July 2022 Monthly change Annual change
Cash £212,623 2.7% 16.9%
Mortgage £224,217 2.8% 17.9%

8. Repossession sales volume

Due to a period of 2 weeks to 2 months between completion and registration of sales, repossession volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.

Repossession sales volume

Country Repossession sales volume May 2022
Wales 5

9. Access the data

Download the data as CSV files or access it with our UK HPI tool.

Data revisions

View any revisions to previously published data in the data downloads or find out more about revisions in our guidance About the UK HPI.

10. About the UK House Price Index

The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) is calculated by the Office for National Statistics and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland. Find out about the methodology used to create the UK HPI.

Data for the UK House Price Index is provided by HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, The Land & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency and the Valuation Office Agency.

Find out more about the UK House Price Index.

11. Contact for Wales queries

Eileen Morrison, Data Services Team Leader, HM Land Registry

Email eileen.morrison@landregistry.gov.uk

Telephone 0300 006 5288