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Blue Anchor market report SA4 3, Swansea
The standing SA4 3 (Blue Anchor) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 4,859 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in SA4 3 (Swansea) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: a typical SA4 3 (Swansea) home changed hands for £235,000 in 2026 (median of 50 registered sales, up 6% on five years earlier), with the mean at £249,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,570 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 4,859 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
SA4 3 is one sector of SA4 (Swansea): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where SA4 3 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
SA4 3 sold prices: where the market stands
In the SA4 3 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £235,000, from 50 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £249,500, sitting somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in SA4 3
The last five years of sales put SA4 3 at roughly £2,570 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving SA4 3 18% below the national figure.
SA4 3's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £235,000 | £235,000 | 50 |
| 2025 | £250,000 | £255,978 | 144 |
| 2024 | £240,000 | £255,169 | 127 |
| 2023 | £212,500 | £233,486 | 116 |
| 2022 | £225,000 | £263,838 | 144 |
| 2021 | £222,500 | £281,714 | 178 |
| 2020 | £180,000 | £233,554 | 103 |
| 2019 | £180,000 | £235,937 | 143 |
| 2018 | £180,500 | £240,610 | 159 |
| 2017 | £169,000 | £230,499 | 165 |
| 2016 | £160,000 | £223,842 | 153 |
| 2015 | £155,000 | £219,015 | 117 |
| 2014 | £152,000 | £215,639 | 115 |
| 2013 | £139,500 | £200,727 | 110 |
| 2012 | £146,000 | £214,894 | 91 |
| 2011 | £141,500 | £213,611 | 89 |
| 2010 | £162,800 | £255,312 | 94 |
| 2009 | £135,000 | £217,014 | 127 |
| 2008 | £150,000 | £245,882 | 120 |
| 2007 | £160,000 | £271,405 | 186 |
| 2006 | £142,500 | £247,362 | 264 |
| 2005 | £128,000 | £227,788 | 143 |
| 2004 | £155,000 | £281,510 | 143 |
| 2003 | £100,000 | £184,224 | 173 |
| 2002 | £76,200 | £143,370 | 224 |
| 2001 | £73,000 | £140,339 | 203 |
| 2000 | £62,000 | £121,675 | 221 |
| 1999 | £65,000 | £129,542 | 249 |
| 1998 | £59,500 | £120,105 | 203 |
| 1997 | £55,500 | £113,819 | 219 |
| 1996 | £51,700 | £109,033 | 163 |
| 1995 | £50,000 | £108,692 | 123 |
In cash terms the typical SA4 3 home went from £50,000 in 1995 to £235,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 116%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2021, and today's median remains roughly 17% under it: a 2021 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the SA4 3 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+55.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2005 (−17.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What SA4 3 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −6.0% | −8.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.1% | −3.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.9% | +0.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.5% | −0.3% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
How many homes change hands in SA4 3
How many homes change hands
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
SA4 3 recorded 50 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 195 sales a year before the financial crisis and 116 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
Rents around SA4 3
SA4 3 falls under Swansea, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £838 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £677 a month here against £1,257 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Swansea
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £235,000 median purchase price, a rent of £838 a month (£10,056 a year) works out at a 4.3% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
How SA4 3 trades
This is a thin market: 50 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Against the SA4 district median, SA4 3 sits 12% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.
What people ask about SA4 3 (Blue Anchor)
Are property prices falling in SA4 3 (Blue Anchor)?
Is SA4 3 (Blue Anchor) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in SA4 3 (Blue Anchor)?
What happens to SA4 3 prices now?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 6% over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
On the market in SA4 today
Turning to what is actually available: 89 homes on the market right now, from 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole SA4 district, not just SA4 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 19% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Sterry Road, Gowerton, Swansea, SA4
- St. Pauls Terrace, Garden Village, Go...
- Llanmorlais, Swansea, SA4
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every SA4 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
What another bedroom costs in SA
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the SA area. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £225,000 | £300,000 (+33%) | £420,000 (+40%) | £518,750 (+24%) |
| Semi-detached | £152,000 | £168,000 (+11%) | £190,000 (+13%) | £268,000 (+41%) | £350,000 (+31%) |
| Terraced | £132,500 | £130,000 (-2%) | £148,670 (+14%) | £185,000 (+24%) | £270,000 (+46%) |
| Flat | £107,500 | £145,000 (+35%) | £222,500 (+53%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the SA area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, SA area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in SA4
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are SA4's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SA4 0 | £233,800 | 22 |
| SA4 4 | £175,200 | 70 |
| SA4 6 | £225,000 | 33 |
| SA4 8 | £196,000 | 43 |
| SA4 9 | £260,000 | 34 |
Zoom out to the full SA4 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how SA4 compares with its neighbours.
Selling a home in SA4 3? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in SA4 3, open the average prices map and zoom from the SA4 3 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded SA4 3 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim SA4 3.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with SA4 3 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
See every individual SA4 3 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.