Standing view · housing · Gwynedd
rising, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-08.
Average private rent, two bedrooms in Gwynedd has been rising, and prices with it. Two bedrooms stood at 650 in April 2026, 661 in May and 674 in July, with flat or maisonette at 627 in June and four or more bedrooms at 1,055 in August 2026, and the average house price was 203,300 in May 2026 and 205,986 in June — every one of those recorded as rising against the usual pattern for its month. Homes sold numbered 78 in May 2026 and was recorded as falling. Rents and prices rising while transactions fall is the shape of it.
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 Gwynedd. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-04 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-05 | rising |
| Homes sold | 2026-05 | falling |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | rising |
| Average house price | 2026-06 | rising |
| Average private rent, flat or maisonette | 2026-06 | rising |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-07 | rising |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-08 | rising |