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Blue Anchor market report SA4, Swansea
The standing SA4 (Blue Anchor) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. The raw material for this page is 23,289 HM Land Registry entries for SA4 (Swansea), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: a typical SA4 (Swansea) home changed hands for £210,000 in 2026 (median of 252 registered sales, up 13% on five years earlier), with the mean at £228,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,350 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 23,289 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
SA4 is a postcode district covering Blue Anchor, Gorseinon, Gowerton in Swansea. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where SA4 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.
What a home in SA4 sells for
Across 252 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) SA4 home went for £210,000. The mean is £228,100, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
SA4 prices by floor area
By floor space, homes in SA4 have sold for about £2,350 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving SA4 26% below the national figure.
SA4's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £210,000 | £210,000 | 252 |
| 2025 | £230,000 | £235,500 | 720 |
| 2024 | £215,000 | £228,589 | 677 |
| 2023 | £200,000 | £219,751 | 652 |
| 2022 | £197,500 | £231,591 | 675 |
| 2021 | £186,500 | £236,133 | 874 |
| 2020 | £165,000 | £214,091 | 556 |
| 2019 | £160,000 | £209,722 | 718 |
| 2018 | £150,000 | £199,953 | 814 |
| 2017 | £140,000 | £190,946 | 775 |
| 2016 | £139,000 | £194,462 | 711 |
| 2015 | £137,000 | £193,581 | 679 |
| 2014 | £137,500 | £195,068 | 699 |
| 2013 | £125,000 | £179,863 | 556 |
| 2012 | £125,000 | £183,984 | 604 |
| 2011 | £134,000 | £202,288 | 592 |
| 2010 | £130,000 | £203,873 | 528 |
| 2009 | £130,000 | £208,976 | 539 |
| 2008 | £130,000 | £213,097 | 571 |
| 2007 | £135,000 | £228,998 | 972 |
| 2006 | £129,000 | £223,928 | 1,000 |
| 2005 | £121,000 | £215,331 | 729 |
| 2004 | £117,000 | £212,495 | 697 |
| 2003 | £88,000 | £162,117 | 1,023 |
| 2002 | £66,500 | £125,119 | 1,116 |
| 2001 | £60,000 | £115,347 | 1,044 |
| 2000 | £58,000 | £113,825 | 904 |
| 1999 | £55,000 | £109,612 | 941 |
| 1998 | £52,000 | £104,966 | 781 |
| 1997 | £50,000 | £102,540 | 721 |
| 1996 | £46,000 | £97,012 | 670 |
| 1995 | £45,000 | £97,823 | 499 |
In cash terms the typical SA4 home went from £45,000 in 1995 to £210,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 115%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 11% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the SA4 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 (+33.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−8.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of semi-detached homes dominate the record here, 39% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £295,500 against £102,500 for a flat, 2.9 times the price.
Median by property type, SA4
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £295,500 | 76 | 8,260 |
| Semi-detached | £208,000 | 114 | 9,156 |
| Terraced | £170,000 | 45 | 5,039 |
| Flats | £102,500 | 17 | 828 |
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −8.7% | −10.8% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.4% | −2.3% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.2% | +0.8% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.5% | −0.3% |
Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.
Sales activity in SA4
Sales per year, counted
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.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
SA4 recorded 543 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 936 sales a year before the financial crisis and 595 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
For renting purposes SA4 sits in Swansea. The ONS average private rent there is £838 a month (May 2026). 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.
Set against the £210,000 median sold price, £838 a month is £10,056 a year, a gross yield of 4.8%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
SA4 (Blue Anchor): the questions that come up
Are property prices falling in SA4 (Blue Anchor)?
Is SA4 (Blue Anchor) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in SA4 (Blue Anchor)?
What happens to SA4 prices now?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 13% over five years in cash but down 11% 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.
What you could buy in SA4 now
Everything above is what homes in SA4 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 89 homes on the market right now, from 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 12% above the SA4 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 19% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
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"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every SA4 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
The price of an extra bedroom in SA
Real sold prices by size across the SA area, straight from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| 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%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
SA4 ranks 25 of 51 in the SA area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
SA area districts: five years of change
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Inside SA4, sector by sector
Below district level sit the sectors, street groups with reports of their own, and the gaps between neighbouring ones can be sharp.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SA4 0 | £233,800 | 22 |
| SA4 3 | £235,000 | 50 |
| SA4 4 | £175,200 | 70 |
| SA4 6 | £225,000 | 33 |
| SA4 8 | £196,000 | 43 |
| SA4 9 | £260,000 | 34 |
How SA4 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The dearest districts of the SA area, and SA4 itself, which ranks 28 of 51 by median price:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| SA42 | £345,000 | -6% |
| SA3 | £342,500 | +0% |
| SA36 | £316,200 | +44% |
| SA41 | £300,000 | +40% |
| SA69 | £295,200 | -5% |
| SA39 | £295,000 | +56% |
| SA32 | £292,500 | -2% |
| SA63 | £290,000 | +3% |
| SA45 | £289,000 | +9% |
| SA67 | £288,500 | +22% |
| SA62 | £275,000 | +10% |
| SA68 | £270,000 | +15% |
| SA35 | £268,500 | +21% |
| SA34 | £268,000 | +3% |
| SA19 | £265,800 | +13% |
| SA33 | £263,500 | +12% |
| SA40 | £250,000 | +49% |
| SA44 | £246,800 | +7% |
| SA2 | £240,000 | +6% |
| SA46 | £238,000 | +6% |
| SA38 | £235,000 | -15% |
| SA37 | £230,000 | -26% |
| SA70 | £230,000 | -10% |
| SA4 (this report) | £210,000 | +13% |
Thinking of selling in SA4? Get a rough value first
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in SA4, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from SA4's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded SA4 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim SA4.
Go deeper
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See every individual SA4 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.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.