Official figures show house prices across Wales rose in February to an average of £160,000.
That's up by just over 4 percent, one of the biggest rises in the UK, just behind London.
The average cost of a UK house is around £233,000.
House prices are up, a little, in Wales.
Official figures show, in the year up to January, the average price here rose by just under 14 hundred pounds to just over 1 hundred and 50 thousand.
The average price of a house, across the UK, now stands at almost 1 hundred and 80 thousand pounds but that excludes London and the South East of England.
House prices fell further in Wales than any other part of the UK in November, according to official figures released today. They show a 1.6% drop here month-on-month, taking the average price to £115,202. That's 0.9% lower than a year before.
The figures show prices struggling in Wales in comparison with the rest of the UK. House prices increased by a UK-wide average of 0.3% in November, to reach £161,490 - that's 0.9% higher than at the same time last year.
Confidence in the housing market continues to grow in Wales, according to the latest survey from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Last month's figures show a rise in potential buyers and a drop in house prices. But experts say many are still struggling to get mortgages.
Average house prices in seaside towns such as Pwllheli are rising at a much faster rate than the rest of the country.
The study by Halifax Building Society said towns like Pwllheli and Porthmadog had seen rises of more than 150 per cent in the past ten years compared with an average rise of 95 per cent across the rest of the UK.
House prices fell by an average of £1,710 in Wales in just two months between December and February, according to the latest LSL Property Services / Acadametrics House Price Index.
Their report shows peaks and troughs, but house prices are now lower than they were last March:
The average asking price for a house in Wales is now £23,000 lower than its peak, in August 2007.
Asking prices across the UK as a whole are at a record high, according to the Rightmove House Price Index. However they are continuing to fall here.
Home owners in Wales are the least optimistic in the UK about the prospect of house prices rising.
A survey by the Building Societies Association shows consumer optimism is growing but so are fears over job security.
Despite the lack of optimism people in Wales are the most keen to buy a house.