Wales

The Cardiff property market

The Welsh capital — strong demand and the country’s deepest market.

Cardiff is the capital of Wales and its largest, most active property market, with a major university, a growing media and professional-services economy and consistent rental demand. It is the focal point for buyers and investors across South Wales.

Typical sold price

£155,000

Range £111,900–£235,000 · 750 real sales

HM Land Registry data across CF10, CF11, CF24. Scroll for the full data dashboard.

The data, honestly

Cardiff property data dashboard

Every figure here is real and sourced — no estimates, no made-up “valuations”. Each panel updates on its source's own schedule and shows an honest note when data is temporarily unavailable.

Typical sold price

£155,000

Middle 80% from £111,900 to £235,000

Sample

750

real sales

Quarterly trend

2006-Q3 · £164,000blended median2006-Q4 · £154,000

Based on real HM Land Registry sales across CF10, CF11, CF24. Updated on the HM Land Registry cadence.

Council tax (Band D)

The England council-tax charge dataset doesn't cover Wales. See your local authority for Cardiff band charges.

Reported crime

1300

incidents within ~1 mile · 2026-05

violent crime387
shoplifting202
public order146

Flood warnings

The Environment Agency live flood feed covers England only — not Wales.

Typical EPC band

most common across 100 nearby certificates

An area pattern from registered certificates — never a specific home's rating.

Area profile

The English Indices of Deprivation don't cover Wales, so we don't show a decile here.

Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · data.police.uk · Environment Agency · MHCLG

Sold prices by postcode

Full postcode reports

Every free check for a Cardiff postcode in one place — sold prices plus crime, flood, council tax, planning and schools.

Neighbourhoods to know

Where Cardiff buyers and investors look

CF11

Pontcanna / Canton

Premium owner-occupier district.

See sold prices

CF24

Cathays / Roath

Student-HMO heartland near the university.

See sold prices

CF14

Llanishen / Heath

Family suburbs to the north.

See sold prices

CF10

City centre / Bay

Apartment-led professional market.

See sold prices

The market in context

Understanding Cardiff

Pontcanna and Cathays sit at opposite ends of the market — the former a premium owner-occupier district, the latter dense student-HMO territory near the university — while the bay and city centre offer an apartment-led professional market. Each behaves differently, so check values at outward level.

As the dominant Welsh city, Cardiff draws demand from a wide catchment, which keeps the market liquid across most segments.

Note that some England-only datasets shown elsewhere on the site (council-tax band charges, the Index of Multiple Deprivation) do not cover Wales; where that applies we say so rather than show a figure that does not. Land Registry sold prices below do cover Wales.

Selling or researching here?

Cardiff property guides

Honest, practical guidance for every situation — nine in-depth guides, each anchored in Cardiff's real local data and our free tools.

Sell your house fast in Cardiff“Sell fast” can mean a genuine cash purchase in two weeks or a well-priced open-market sale in two months. The right answer depends on how much speed you actually need and how much value you are willing to trade for it. Here is the honest version — no pressure, no inflated promises — anchored in real Cardiff sold prices.House prices & market in CardiffWhat is actually selling in Cardiff, and for how much? This page is built on real HM Land Registry transactions — not portal “estimates” or asking prices — so you can see the typical price, the realistic range and which way the market has been moving.Selling an inherited property in CardiffSelling a home you have inherited in Cardiff comes with a few extra steps — probate, tax and an empty property to look after — but none of them need to be overwhelming. Here is a calm, honest walk-through, with real local data so you can value the property properly.Selling during divorce in CardiffThe family home is usually the largest asset in a separation, and decisions about it are easier when both people are working from the same honest numbers. This is a practical, neutral guide to the options in Cardiff — with real local data to ground the conversation.Selling a leasehold flat in CardiffLeasehold flats sell perfectly well — but the lease itself can make or break the deal. Knowing your lease length, ground rent and service charges before you market in Cardiff puts you in control and prevents nasty surprises late in the process.Selling with tenants in situ in CardiffAs a Cardiff landlord you have a genuine choice: sell with the tenants in situ to another investor, or sell with vacant possession to the wider market. Each route has a different buyer, timeline and price — here is how to decide.Selling a problem property in CardiffSome homes are hard to sell through the usual channels — subsidence, a short lease, structural issues, damp, non-standard construction, or simply uninhabitable. They are not unsellable; they just need the right route and an honest price. Here is how to approach it in Cardiff.Best areas to live in Cardiff“Best” depends on what you need — schools, a commute, nightlife, value, or peace and quiet. Rather than hand you a ranked list that ignores your priorities, this guide explains the Cardiff neighbourhoods to know and gives you the live data to compare them on what matters to you.Buy-to-let & yields in CardiffCardiff attracts plenty of investor interest, but “is it a good buy-to-let city?” is the wrong question — the right one is “does this specific deal work?”. Here is what drives Cardiff's rental market and how to underwrite a purchase honestly, with live local prices to start from.

Run the numbers

Free tools for Cardiff property

Sold pricesReal sales in Cardiff Stamp dutySDLT / LBTT / LTT EPC finderEnergy rating by postcode Crime ratesReported crime nearby Flood riskLive warnings + long-term Sale methodAuction vs agent vs cash

Questions, answered

Selling and buying in Cardiff: your questions

How do I find out what homes in Cardiff actually sold for?

Every completed sale in England and Wales is recorded by HM Land Registry, and we surface those real figures — not estimates — for CF10 and the other Cardiff districts on our sold-prices pages. You see the price each property genuinely changed hands for, with the sample size behind any median, so you are reading the market as it actually traded rather than an algorithm's guess.

Are online “instant valuations” for Cardiff accurate?

Treat them as a starting point, not a fact. An instant valuation is a model's estimate, and two tools will happily disagree by tens of thousands of pounds on the same Cardiff home. We deliberately never show a single made-up number — instead we show the real sold prices nearby and the honest range around them, which is the figure buyers, surveyors and cash purchasers actually work from.

How quickly can I sell a house in Cardiff?

It depends entirely on the route. A genuine cash purchase can complete in two to three weeks but pays below market value for that certainty; a well-priced open-market sale in Cardiff usually takes longer but nets the most; auction sits in between with a fixed timetable. Our “sell your house fast” guide for Cardiff walks through the real trade-offs without the pressure.

What does it cost to sell a home in Cardiff?

Expect estate-agent fees, conveyancing, an EPC and any early-repayment charge on your mortgage; a cash or auction sale trades some of that for a lower headline price. Our free cost-of-selling and stamp-duty tools let you put real Cardiff numbers in and see what you would actually walk away with.

Which Cardiff neighbourhoods should I look at?

Pontcanna / Canton, Cathays / Roath, Llanishen / Heath and City centre / Bay each behave differently on price and demand, which is why we link every Cardiff district straight to its own sold-price page rather than quoting one city-wide average. Read each area at outward-code level — CF10, CF11, CF24 and the rest — to see where value and competition really sit.

Is the data on this Cardiff page an estimate?

No. Every hard figure on this page comes from a named public source — HM Land Registry for sold prices, the council for tax bands, the police and Environment Agency for crime and flood risk, and the official register for EPC ratings. When a source is briefly unavailable we say so plainly and show the rest, rather than filling the gap with a number we invented.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · postcodes.io / ONS · data.police.uk · Environment Agency · MHCLG council tax · English Indices of Deprivation (England). All figures are real and attributed — never estimates. About Your Property Check.