Builth Wells Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Review

Builth Wells: Royal Welsh Show town with agricultural heritage and rural market appeal.

The Builth Wells property market recorded 74 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £285,000. This places Builth Wells £36k above the Powys county median of £249,000, and in line with the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Builth Wells have shown strong growth, a year-on-year change of +12.4%. Within Powys, Builth Wells ranks 1st by price out of 5 principal towns, and 5th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Builth Wells median prices moved from £242,500 in Q1 2025 to £217,500 in Q2 2026, a change of -10.3% over 5 quarters.

Powys, the local planning authority covering Builth Wells, approved 8 residential planning applications and refused 1 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 86 still awaiting a decision. Too few decisions were captured in the period to state a reliable approval rate. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 399 homes, an estimated £110.3m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Powys covers more than one town in Powys, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Builth Wells alone.

Property prices in Builth Wells vary significantly by type. The table below compares Builth Wells prices with Powys county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Builth Wells command £355,000, while terraced properties are most accessible at £173,750. The £181k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a relatively compressed market where margins between types are tighter.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 0 new-build sales in Builth Wells for the past 12 months, 0.0% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Builth Wells.

Across the wider Powys market, 19 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Powys property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Builth Wells, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £210,000 to £560,000 illustrates the breadth of the Builth Wells market.

For developers considering Builth Wells, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £285,000 and detached homes at £355,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Builth Wells with a GDV of £355,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £230,750 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 12.4% year-on-year, Builth Wells presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Builth Wells's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Powys:

For the full Powys town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Powys property market report.