House Prices in Cardiff

Cardiff property market overview

The REalm BI Housing Price Index puts Cardiff's mean sold price at £297,536. Nominal prices are up 0.5% over one year, 14.1% over five years and 46.2% over ten years.

Adjusted for inflation, the real price is £208,837 in 2015 money. Real prices are down 2.3% over one year and 11.1% over five years, with a ten-year real gain of 2.9%.

House prices in Cardiff

Cardiff is the most expensive Welsh city in the comparison. Buyers are paying for its employment base, universities, services, culture and depth of demand, not the fastest historical growth rate.

The nominal index is 153.2 and the real index is 107.5, both using 2015 as the base year.

Cardiff asking prices by postcode district

REalm BI research compares current asking prices with recent completed-sale benchmarks. Differences may reflect property type, size and condition rather than a district-wide premium or discount.

Renting and rental yields in Cardiff

REalm BI research records an average advertised rent of £1,184 per month and an all-property asking benchmark of £325,714, producing a headline gross yield of 4.36%.

A one-bedroom yield is not published because no valid asking-price observation was available. Gross yields exclude finance, repairs, management, insurance, taxation, compliance and vacant periods.

People and homes in Cardiff

Cardiff's estimated population is 381,516, up 5.9% over five years and 8.5% over ten years in the supplied ONS series.

Level 4 qualifications and above account for 40.0%. Owner occupation is 58.0%, private renting 24.3% and social renting 17.2%.

What buyers should consider

Compare recent completed sales for the same property type and street. Check tenure, service charges, condition, energy performance, regulation and the delivery stage of nearby transport or development plans.