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House prices in Cardiff: the next 12 months
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £265,827 and £285,707 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £275,767
- Chance of a rise
- 67%
Cardiff: five years of prices and the expected path
Average sale price per home, £, monthly, with the next 12 months' expected path
- Cardiff
- Wales
- United Kingdom
- Expected path
- 80% range
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| Period | Cardiff | Wales | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2027 · Expected path | £275,767 (£265,827–£285,707) | £224,653 | £280,154 |
| Jul 2027 · Expected path | £275,490 (£266,259–£284,721) | £223,962 | £279,560 |
| Jun 2027 · Expected path | £275,213 (£266,693–£283,733) | £223,271 | £278,967 |
| May 2027 · Expected path | £274,936 (£267,130–£282,743) | £222,581 | £278,374 |
| Apr 2027 · Expected path | £274,659 (£267,569–£281,749) | £221,890 | £277,781 |
| Mar 2027 · Expected path | £274,382 (£268,012–£280,752) | £221,199 | £277,188 |
| Feb 2027 · Expected path | £274,105 (£268,461–£279,749) | £220,508 | £276,595 |
| Jan 2027 · Expected path | £273,828 (£268,919–£278,738) | £219,817 | £276,002 |
| Dec 2026 · Expected path | £273,551 (£269,388–£277,714) | £219,126 | £275,409 |
| Nov 2026 · Expected path | £273,274 (£269,878–£276,671) | £218,436 | £274,816 |
| Oct 2026 · Expected path | £272,997 (£270,406–£275,588) | £217,745 | £274,223 |
| Sep 2026 · Expected path | £272,720 (£271,026–£274,414) | £217,054 | £273,630 |
| Aug 2026 | £272,443 | £216,363 | £273,037 |
| Jul 2026 | £271,339 | £214,167 | £272,146 |
| Jun 2026 | £271,437 | £212,315 | £270,690 |
| May 2026 | £273,095 | £215,787 | £272,221 |
| Apr 2026 | £271,042 | £213,662 | £270,966 |
| Mar 2026 | £271,923 | £214,009 | £268,631 |
| Feb 2026 | £271,394 | £212,147 | £269,423 |
| Jan 2026 | £270,498 | £210,347 | £268,814 |
| Dec 2025 | £269,140 | £212,902 | £268,002 |
| Nov 2025 | £268,586 | £210,567 | £270,472 |
| Oct 2025 | £268,978 | £211,527 | £269,819 |
| Sep 2025 | £268,163 | £211,004 | £269,556 |
| Aug 2025 | £266,750 | £209,851 | £270,575 |
| Jul 2025 | £265,146 | £209,546 | £268,843 |
| Jun 2025 | £264,603 | £209,486 | £266,796 |
| May 2025 | £265,188 | £206,642 | £264,078 |
| Apr 2025 | £266,338 | £205,275 | £260,162 |
| Mar 2025 | £267,765 | £207,151 | £268,019 |
| Feb 2025 | £265,214 | £205,266 | £264,771 |
| Jan 2025 | £265,913 | £206,010 | £264,936 |
| Dec 2024 | £264,868 | £204,641 | £263,991 |
| Nov 2024 | £266,414 | £207,435 | £264,515 |
| Oct 2024 | £265,928 | £207,454 | £265,252 |
| Sep 2024 | £266,508 | £203,822 | £264,750 |
| Aug 2024 | £265,159 | £207,156 | £265,085 |
| Jul 2024 | £262,143 | £204,982 | £262,479 |
| Jun 2024 | £260,080 | £204,368 | £259,585 |
| May 2024 | £259,855 | £199,330 | £258,565 |
| Apr 2024 | £260,837 | £199,545 | £256,478 |
| Mar 2024 | £258,949 | £200,795 | £255,082 |
| Feb 2024 | £260,041 | £199,272 | £254,633 |
| Jan 2024 | £258,663 | £197,808 | £255,972 |
| Dec 2023 | £261,221 | £202,077 | £256,177 |
| Nov 2023 | £260,774 | £201,778 | £258,368 |
| Oct 2023 | £263,364 | £202,477 | £260,129 |
| Sep 2023 | £262,796 | £204,460 | £261,318 |
| Aug 2023 | £261,807 | £203,852 | £262,602 |
| Jul 2023 | £261,359 | £202,620 | £261,182 |
| Jun 2023 | £259,538 | £200,183 | £258,275 |
| May 2023 | £260,962 | £199,616 | £257,330 |
| Apr 2023 | £260,380 | £195,717 | £256,479 |
| Mar 2023 | £263,948 | £199,167 | £255,885 |
| Feb 2023 | £264,072 | £200,870 | £258,788 |
| Jan 2023 | £265,280 | £201,853 | £260,941 |
| Dec 2022 | £266,773 | £206,563 | £263,190 |
| Nov 2022 | £267,875 | £205,941 | £265,299 |
| Oct 2022 | £265,774 | £208,209 | £265,693 |
| Sep 2022 | £261,646 | £207,696 | £265,727 |
| Aug 2022 | £256,581 | £204,218 | £265,124 |
| Jul 2022 | £255,778 | £203,313 | £262,904 |
| Jun 2022 | £253,660 | £200,277 | £258,118 |
| May 2022 | £252,021 | £196,682 | £255,040 |
| Apr 2022 | £247,916 | £195,875 | £252,167 |
| Mar 2022 | £245,522 | £191,471 | £249,232 |
| Feb 2022 | £244,606 | £189,656 | £248,309 |
| Jan 2022 | £241,400 | £191,552 | £248,031 |
| Dec 2021 | £239,467 | £189,741 | £245,189 |
| Nov 2021 | £237,134 | £186,520 | £243,930 |
| Oct 2021 | £237,302 | £186,951 | £239,236 |
| Sep 2021 | £235,221 | £185,561 | £245,371 |
What the model expects
The central estimate at each horizon, and the range prices land in 8 times out of 10.
| Horizon | Expected | 80% range | Chance of a rise | Chance of beating inflation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 3 months (November 2026) | £273,274 | £269,878 – £276,671 | 62% | 28% |
| In 4 months (December 2026) | £273,551 | £269,388 – £277,714 | 63% | 27% |
| In 12 months (August 2027) | £275,767 | £265,827 – £285,707 | 67% | 21% |
The outlook carries the region's own monthly price history forward: the recent trend and how far prices usually stray from it. It knows nothing about interest-rate decisions, new laws or local projects, so read it as a description of momentum, not a forecast to act on.
Other reports for Cardiff
At the average sale price, a home costs £272,443. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,257 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
- 20%
- Payment, one income
- 41%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. 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
- £1,179
- Owning per month
- £1,283
6.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 634
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.7
Figures for United Kingdom: Cardiff 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 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in September 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −18.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 63 months
In 2025 the population fell by 558 while 1,091 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 1,091
- Population change, 2025
- −558
4.8% of the 155,939 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 4.8%
- Empty homes
- 7,525