Buying a home in SY16, Newtown. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£194kmost £158k–£246k

Houses per m²£2,342flats £1,876

Sold last year107758 in five years

Prices in Powys+3.8%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in SY16 sold for £194,464 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £157,771 and £245,514, for about 87 m² of space.

107 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £76k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in SY16 1 (£1,904) and the most in SY16 4 (£2,702).

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 £887 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £39,000 for that mortgage: what £40,000 buys.

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House prices in SY16 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£105,312	£73k–£121k	36 m²	11
2	£159,280	£133k–£194k	64 m²	182
3	£194,464	£158k–£246k	87 m²	327
4	£267,890	£196k–£332k	116 m²	122
5+	£357,443	£300k–£434k	152 m²	92

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£105k	£159k	£194k	£268k	£357k
Detached	—	£214k	£254k	£299k	£371k
Semi-detached	£121k	£163k	£181k	£243k	£325k
Terraced	£73k	£132k	£154k	£187k	£212k
Flats	£76k	£104k	—	—	—

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

Price per m² across SY16

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
SY16 1	£1,904	£1,700
SY16 2	£2,371	£2,116
SY16 3	£2,529	—
SY16 4	£2,702	—

Nearby areas

SY17 Caersws · 11 km3-bed house £219k SY15 Montgomery · 13 km3-bed house £256k SY21 Welshpool · 17 km3-bed house £225k SY18 Llanidloes · 18 km3-bed house £208k SY9 Bishops Castle · 22 km3-bed house £313k SY19 Llanbrynmair · 23 km3-bed house £233k LD7 Knighton · 24 km3-bed house £244k LD6 Rhayader · 27 km3-bed house £213k

Questions about SY16

How much is a 3-bedroom house in SY16?

A typical 3-bedroom house in SY16 sold for £194,464 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £157,771 and £245,514.

How many homes sell in SY16 each year?

107 homes sold in the last year and 758 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

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.