Welshpool Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Welshpool: Welsh border market town with Shropshire connectivity and growing residential demand.

The Welshpool property market recorded 183 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £243,000. This places Welshpool in line with the Powys county median, and £42k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Welshpool have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -0.8%. Within Powys, Welshpool ranks 3rd by price out of 5 principal towns, and 3rd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Welshpool median prices moved from £243,750 in Q3 2024 to £225,000 in Q4 2025, a change of -7.7% over 5 quarters. Welshpool has now recorded 3 consecutive quarters of price falls. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Powys County Council, the local planning authority covering Welshpool, approved 1 residential planning applications and refused 0 in the last 3 months, with 0 still awaiting a decision. Too few decisions were captured in the period to state a reliable approval rate.

The proposals captured did not state unit counts, so no homes total or development value is quoted.

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

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

Detached homes in Welshpool command £305,000, while terraced properties are most accessible at £165,750. The £139k 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 9 new-build sales in Welshpool for the past 12 months, 4.9% 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 Welshpool.

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 Welshpool, 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.

For developers considering Welshpool, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £243,000 and detached homes at £305,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Welshpool with a GDV of £305,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £198,250 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.

While prices have softened 0.8% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Welshpool by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Welshpool'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.