Wales house prices grew by 6.7% in the year to April 2019 - with average prices now at £163,902.

House prices have increased over the last year in all local authority areas.

Blaenau Gwent showed the strongest growth, increasing by 17.0% to £99,000 in the year to April 2019.

The county still has the lowest houses prices in Wales.

Blaenau Gwent in South Wales. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

The highest prices are in Monmouthshire where average prices are now £260,371.

This strengthening in the annual growth rate for Wales is due to both strong growth between March and April 2019 (2.4%) and falling prices (0.3%) between March and April 2018.

Falling prices between March and April 2018 may be linked to Land Transaction Tax replacing º£½ÇÊÓÆµÂ Stamp Duty Land Tax in Wales (SDLT) from April 2018.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in Wales increased by 1.4% between March 2019 and April 2019.

Detached houses showed the biggest increase, rising by 7.4% in the year to April 2019 to £248,000.

The smallest increase of all property types was flats and maisonettes, with an increase of 5.0% in the year to April 2019 to £115,000.

Full list of house price in all the counties in Wales.

Local authorities April 2019 April 2018 Difference
Blaenau Gwent £98,956 £84,593 17.0%
Bridgend £150,412 £145,984 3.0%
Caerphilly £137,984 £129,169 6.8%
Cardiff £212,508 £200,659 5.9%
Carmarthenshire £146,543 £137,189 6.8%
Ceredigion £187,117 £182,016 2.8%
Conwy £170,225 £160,188 6.3%
Denbighshire £154,262 £149,661 3.1%
Flintshire £162,182 £159,656 1.6%
Gwynedd £158,762 £148,744 6.7%
Isle of Anglesey £172,829 £165,992 4.1%
Merthyr Tydfil £108,777 £99,970 8.8%
Monmouthshire £260,371 £247,464 5.2%
Neath Port Talbot £113,320 £110,518 2.5%
Newport £184,888 £170,071 8.7%
Pembrokeshire £166,344 £166,002 0.2%
Powys £189,043 £179,837 5.1%
Rhondda Cynon Taf £107,439 £100,975 6.4%
Swansea £147,777 £145,519 1.6%
Torfaen £146,291 £136,564 7.1%
Vale of Glamorgan £227,015 £221,704 2.4%
Wrexham £156,908 £156,401 0.3%
Wales £163,902 £153,574 6.7%