Machynlleth house prices are built from 2,911 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 20 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £125,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +44.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +3.4%.
Median price paid
£125,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+44.3%
Change in real terms
+3.4%
Median per m²
£1,518
HM Land Registry2,911 sales178 with floor areaLatest sale 20 May 2026
Section 01
How Machynlleth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Machynlleth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £40,000 | £88,819 |
| 2000s | 10 | £98,500 | £179,438 |
| 2010s | 10 | £135,000 | £190,350 |
| 2020s | 7 | £186,000 | £190,043 |
The highest yearly median on record for Machynlleth is £215,000 in 2026; the lowest is £37,500 in 1997. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £40,000 to £215,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £88,819, so the real change over the whole record is +142.1% — about +2.89% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +44.3% in cash against +3.4% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Tan Yr Eglwys | 20 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| Troed Y Ffridd | 19 May 2026 | Detached | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| Cefn Byriath | 5 May 2026 | Detached | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 4 Cae Maenllwyd | 22 Apr 2026 | Detached | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 24 Snowdon View | 22 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £148,000 | £148,000 |
| The Bungalow | 1 Apr 2026 | Detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 1 Tan Y Llan | 27 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £264,000 | £264,000 |
| 3 Maesnewydd | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 12 Bryn Y Gog | 20 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 6 Tregarth | 19 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| Glyntwymyn | 17 Mar 2026 | Detached | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 13 Pencae | 6 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £192,000 | £192,000 |
| Hafod | 12 Feb 2026 | Detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| Glanhaul | 11 Feb 2026 | Detached | £162,500 | £162,500 |
| Llety-Lwydin | 2 Feb 2026 | Detached | £600,000 | £600,000 |
| 1 Glanafon | 30 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 6 Tanrallt | 22 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £148,000 | £148,000 |
| 2 Bontfaen | 15 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 12B Pencaemawr | 17 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £321,848 |
| Hen Capel | 16 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| Abergarfan Isaf | 10 Dec 2025 | Detached | £550,000 | £561,957 |
| 22 Tregarth | 10 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| Yr Efail | 5 Dec 2025 | Detached | £65,000 | £66,413 |
| Dafarn Newydd | 2 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £307,500 | £314,185 |
| 18 Aelybryn | 27 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £153,261 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Machynlleth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Tan Yr Eglwys | £138,000 (2005) | £200,000 (2026) | +1.8% | -1.1% |
| 24 Snowdon View | £48,000 (2000) | £148,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| 4 Cae Maenllwyd | £88,000 (2002) | £310,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.5% |
| 3 Maesnewydd | £187,000 (2007) | £330,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| 13 Pencae | £143,500 (2014) | £192,000 (2026) | +2.5% | -0.6% |
| 6 Tanrallt | £75,000 (2015) | £148,000 (2026) | +6.4% | +3.1% |
| 12B Pencaemawr | £70,000 (2009) | £315,000 (2025) | +9.9% | +6.6% |
| 18 Aelybryn | £118,000 (2019) | £150,000 (2025) | +4.1% | -0.1% |
| 7 Heol Y Doll | £52,500 (2002) | £155,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 5 Glynderwen | £165,000 (2023) | £173,000 (2025) | +2.4% | -0.4% |
| 44 Tregarth | £145,000 (2020) | £175,000 (2025) | +3.8% | -1.0% |
| 3 Felindre | £39,500 (1996) | £165,000 (2025) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Machynlleth is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 1,174 | 40.3% | £180,000 | £14,000 – £1,350,000 |
| Terraced | 1,148 | 39.4% | £100,000 | £7,500 – £349,950 |
| Semi-detached | 544 | 18.7% | £125,000 | £15,000 – £399,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 45 | 1.5% | £73,000 | £12,000 – £260,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Machynlleth
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 835 certificates cover Machynlleth, and their median floor area is 86 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +13.2%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 86 m² | about 926 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 64 m² | about 684 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 116 m² | about 1,249 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 21.0% | 175 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 12.3% | 103 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Machynlleth
59 of the sales on record are leasehold and 2,852 freehold — 2.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £70,000 and the median freehold sale £125,000 — a gap of +78.6%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 59 | 2.0% | £70,000 |
| Freehold | 2,852 | 98.0% | £125,000 |
| New build | 47 | 1.6% | £77,500 |
| Existing home | 2,864 | 98.4% | £125,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -38.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 298 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Machynlleth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Machynlleth sits below that national figure — -20.6%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,518 per square metre, across 178 of the 2,911 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £7,500 to £1,350,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets in Machynlleth
- Heol Maengwyn86 sales
- Brickfield Street63 sales
- Felindre48 sales
- Cae Crwn44 sales
- Heol Y Doll43 sales
- Newtown Road43 sales
- Brynygog37 sales
- Tan Yr Eglwys32 sales
- Ffordd Mynydd Griffiths29 sales
- Pencaemawr28 sales
- Heol Pentrerhedyn27 sales
- Tregarth27 sales
- Heol Iorwerth26 sales
- Heol Powys26 sales
- Penrallt Street26 sales
- Tre Garth26 sales
- Treowain26 sales
- Cae Maenllwyd23 sales
- Garden Village19 sales
- Braich Goch Terrace18 sales
- Mawddwy Cottages18 sales
- The Terrace18 sales
- Maes Y Llan17 sales
- Hillsborough16 sales
- Tanrallt16 sales
- Pencae15 sales
- Aelybryn14 sales
- Bryn Y Gog14 sales
- Maesnewydd14 sales
- Poplar Terrace14 sales
- North Road13 sales
- Tanyfoel13 sales
- Tower Road13 sales
- Trem Yr Orsedd13 sales
- Wesley Terrace13 sales
- Upper Cwrt12 sales
- Arddol Terrace11 sales
- Craigfryn11 sales
- Railway Terrace11 sales
- Coedcau Field10 sales
- Craig Yr Henffordd10 sales
- Frondeg10 sales
- Lower Cwrt10 sales
- Park Terrace10 sales
- Bronmeirion9 sales
- Cwrt9 sales
- Garth Holiday Park9 sales
- Glanwydol Terrace9 sales
- Glynderwen9 sales
- Maes Y Garth9 sales
- Rhys Terrace9 sales
- Tan Rallt Street9 sales
- Terrace9 sales
- Vane Hall Place9 sales
- Aberystwyth Road8 sales
- Forge Road8 sales
- Garth Road8 sales
- Maesafallon8 sales
- Maglona Villas8 sales
- Era Terrace7 sales
Postcode districts covering Machynlleth
- SY20£125,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Machynlleth?
The median price paid in Machynlleth across every sale on the register is £125,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Machynlleth?
2,911 sales are on record for Machynlleth, the most recent completing on 20 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Machynlleth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +44.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +3.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Machynlleth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £215,000, set in 2026. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Machynlleth?
£1,518 per square metre, from the 178 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 20 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Machynlleth house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.