Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Dowlais (CF48 3)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Dowlais (CF48 3).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Dowlais is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 54, Balaclava Road, Dowlais, sold for £108,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 104 square metres, the price per sqm is £1,038.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £1,450-£1,500, £1,500-£1,550, £1,550-£1,600 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 106 sales in Dowlais (CF48 3) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Dowlais (CF48 3). Of the 106 transactions, half were sold for between £1,140 and £1,550 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £1,550m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'CF48 3' is £1,390. The table below shows how 'CF48 3' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CF48 1 Merthyr Tydfil	£1,660m2	£2,080m2	£2,540m2
CF48 3 Dowlais	£1,140m2	£1,390m2	£1,550m2
CF48 4 Troedyrhiw	£1,110m2	£1,350m2	£1,570m2
CF48 2 Cefn Coed	£1,340m2	£1,610m2	£2,180m2

Will Dowlais house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for CF48 3 (Dowlais). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for CF48 3 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Dowlais and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Dowlais data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Dowlais

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Dowlais. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Dowlais

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
High Street, Dowlais, CF48 3P	70m2	£1,245	18
Winifred Street, Dowlais, CF48 3S	90m2	£1,096	17
Balaclava Road, Dowlais, CF48 3B	84m2	£1,408	16
Francis Street, Dowlais, CF48 3S	70m2	£1,210	13
Muriel Terrace, Dowlais, CF48 3P	86m2	£1,285	8
Odessa Street, Dowlais, CF48 3A	71m2	£945	8
Blaen Dowlais, Dowlais, CF48 3R	66m2	£1,230	7
Station Terrace, Dowlais, CF48 3P	84m2	£1,171	7

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Dowlais is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	m2	£/m2
54, Balaclava Rd, Dowlais	£108,000 Sep-2023	104	1,038
27, Winifred St, Dowlais	£100,000 Jul-2023	72	1,388
35, Balaclava Rd, Dowlais	£119,950 Jul-2023	78	1,537

See the entire list of all sales in Dowlais (CF48 3) here.