Buying a home in LD3, Brecon. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£279kmost £219k–£344k

Houses per m²£2,941flats £2,332

Sold last year126888 in five years

Prices in Powys+3.8%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in LD3 sold for £279,102 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £219,048 and £343,626, for about 94 m² of space.

126 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £100k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in LD3 8 (£2,730) and the most in LD3 9 (£3,074).

Across Powys, prices are up 3.8% on a year ago and up 17.4% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £700 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,273 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £56,000 for that mortgage: what £60,000 buys.

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House prices in LD3 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£161,146	£134k–£246k	46 m²	16
2	£203,265	£163k–£255k	65 m²	233
3	£279,102	£219k–£344k	94 m²	349
4	£328,996	£286k–£416k	119 m²	128
5+	£425,401	£355k–£530k	166 m²	125

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£161k	£203k	£279k	£329k	£425k
Detached	£250k	£268k	£347k	£397k	£470k
Semi-detached	—	£244k	£254k	£275k	£406k
Terraced	£135k	£169k	£221k	£274k	£316k
Flats	£100k	£149k	£164k	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across LD3

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
LD3 0	£3,004	—
LD3 7	£2,887	£2,307
LD3 8	£2,730	—
LD3 9	£3,074	£2,396

Nearby areas

More space for the money: a 3-bed house in LD5 is about 116 m² for £232k.

NP8 Crickhowell · 18 km3-bed house £399k LD2 Builth Wells · 20 km3-bed house £241k LD4 Llangammarch Wells · 22 km3-bed house £223k NP22 Tredegar · 22 km3-bed house £148k NP23 Ebbw Vale · 23 km3-bed house £158k CF47 Merthyr Tydfil · 23 km3-bed house £151k HR3 Hereford · 24 km3-bed house £355k CF48 Merthyr Tydfil · 24 km3-bed house £156k

Questions about LD3

How much is a 3-bedroom house in LD3?

A typical 3-bedroom house in LD3 sold for £279,102 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £219,048 and £343,626.

How many homes sell in LD3 each year?

126 homes sold in the last year and 888 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

Where is cheaper near LD3?

For a 3-bedroom house, LD2 (£241k, 20 km), LD4 (£223k, 22 km), NP22 (£148k, 22 km).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.