House prices in Wales increased by 10.7% in the year to December 2020.
Over the 12 months the average price of a home jumped from £166K to £184K.
House prices in Wales were growing faster than the º£½ÇÊÓƵ annual rate of 8.5%.
This comes amid growing concerns over young people and families being able to get on the housing ladder.
In Wales, all 22 local authority areas showed an increase in average house prices in December 2020 when compared with December 2019.
Blaenau Gwent showed the strongest growth, rising by 16.3% to £109,000.
This was followed by Torfaen (15.5%), Neath Port Talbot (13.6%) and Flintshire (12.1%).
In contrast, Merthyr Tydfil showed the slowest growth in the year to December 2020, at 0.2% with the average house prices at £119,000.
Of all property types, terraced houses showed the biggest annual growth, rising by 11.4% in the year to December 2020, to £144,000.
The lowest annual change of all property types was for flats and maisonettes, with an increase of 8.0% in the year to December 2020 to £125,000.
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House prices in the 22 counties
| Local authorities | December 2020 | December 2019 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | £108,526 | £93,288 | 16.3% |
| Bridgend | £167,309 | £158,698 | 5.4% |
| Caerphilly | £149,060 | £139,876 | 6.6% |
| Cardiff | £227,553 | £213,554 | 6.6% |
| Carmarthenshire | £166,430 | £153,669 | 8.3% |
| Ceredigion | £199,562 | £186,784 | 6.8% |
| Conwy | £192,371 | £174,400 | 10.3% |
| Denbighshire | £167,575 | £163,525 | 2.5% |
| Flintshire | £191,848 | £171,180 | 12.1% |
| Gwynedd | £174,834 | £165,117 | 5.9% |
| Isle of Anglesey | £202,313 | £184,679 | 9.5% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £118,924 | £118,653 | 0.2% |
| Monmouthshire | £296,435 | £274,034 | 8.2% |
| Neath Port Talbot | £141,949 | £124,982 | 13.6% |
| Newport | £200,042 | £184,530 | 8.4% |
| Pembrokeshire | £198,344 | £181,071 | 9.5% |
| Powys | £206,656 | £188,779 | 9.5% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £129,016 | £120,094 | 7.4% |
| Swansea | £165,705 | £153,192 | 8.2% |
| Torfaen | £172,486 | £149,285 | 15.5% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | £237,570 | £227,587 | 4.4% |
| Wrexham | £166,692 | £157,298 | 6.0% |
| Wales | £184,195 | £166,433 | 10.7% |
