Standing view · housing · Conwy
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-08.
Home sales in Conwy have been falling, while average private rent, two bedrooms has been rising, so this view is tentative. Homes sold numbered 107 in January 2026 and was recorded as falling against the usual pattern for its month. Average private rent for three bedrooms was 840 in April 2026 and 862 in August, rising in both; two bedrooms stood at 722 in May 2026 and 726 in June, four or more bedrooms at 1,210 in March, and flat or maisonette at 658 in July. The average house price was 217,702 in February 2026. Rents and transactions pointing opposite ways supports no direction.
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 Conwy. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 2026-01 | falling |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-04 | rising |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-08 | 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 house price | 2026-02 | — |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, flat or maisonette | 2026-07 | — |