Standing view · housing · Blaenau Gwent
rising, held with strong confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-08.
The average house price in Blaenau Gwent was £140,561 in April 2026, £143,826 in June and £144,294 in July, each recorded as rising. Average private rent for a semi-detached home was £710 in April 2026, for a two-bedroom home £599 in May, for a terraced home £641 in June, and for a home with four or more bedrooms £901 in July and £903 in August. The average house price rose in each of the three months recorded.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Blaenau Gwent. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | 2026-04 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-06 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-07 | rising |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Average private rent, semi-detached | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, terraced | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-07 | — |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-08 | — |