HOUSE prices in Newport have reached a new record high. Prices in Newport reached a new peak price during Q4 of 2020 (October to December), rising by 12.1 per cent over the last year to a new average house price of £222,107. The figures were revealed in the Principality Building Society’s Wales House Price Index for the time period, which demonstrates the rise and fall in house prices in each of the 22 local authorities in Wales. Strong house price figures in Newport are reflected across the rest of Wales too, with the average house price for the country reaching a new peak of £209,723, an 8.2 per cent annual rise and topping £200,000 for the first time.
House prices are rising rapidly across Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire THE average house price in Wales has topped £200,000 for the first time, and now stands at £209,723, despite a series of lockdowns in 2020. Carmarthenshire s price average is now £183,490, an increase of 11.1 per cent; prices in Pembrokeshire have risen to an average of £219,581, an annual increase of 5.8 per cent, while Ceredigion prices have risen to £222,145, an annual increase of 8.7 per cent. The figures have been released from Principality Building Society’s Wales House Price Index for Q4 2020 (October-December), which demonstrates the rise and fall in house prices in each of the 22 local authorities in Wales.
Shane Williams MBE will help choose the winners (Picture: Principality Building Society) WELSH rugby fans can have their memories of Principality Stadium immortalised at the venue. Principality Building Society, the main sponsors of the Principality Stadium (formerly the Millennium Stadium), is running a competition to find Welsh rugby fans’ best memories and unique stories from more than 20 years of games at the stadium. A panel of judges - including Welsh rugby star Shane Williams - will choose up to 12 of their favourite stories, with the competition coinciding with the Guinness Six Nations. The winners will have their own personal sign fixed to a seat at Principality Stadium, meaning their stories live on and can be enjoyed by fans (when the doors are re-opened).