Wales

The Swansea property market

Wales’ second city, gateway to the Gower coast.

Swansea is the second city of Wales, a coastal university city with a regenerated marina and bay and the Gower Peninsula — Britain’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty — on its doorstep. Education and the coast drive demand.

Typical sold price

£167,000

Range £83,850–£320,000 · 750 real sales

HM Land Registry data across SA1, SA2, SA3. Scroll for the full data dashboard.

The data, honestly

Swansea property data dashboard

Every figure here is real and sourced — no estimates, no made-up “valuations”. Each panel updates on its source's own schedule and shows an honest note when data is temporarily unavailable.

Typical sold price

£167,000

Middle 80% from £83,850 to £320,000

Sample

750

real sales

Quarterly trend

2006-Q3 · £192,500blended median2006-Q4 · £160,000

Based on real HM Land Registry sales across SA1, SA2, SA3. Updated on the HM Land Registry cadence.

Council tax (Band D)

The England council-tax charge dataset doesn't cover Wales. See your local authority for Swansea band charges.

Reported crime

103

incidents within ~1 mile · 2026-05

violent crime39
public order19
shoplifting16

Flood warnings

The Environment Agency live flood feed covers England only — not Wales.

Typical EPC band

most common across 75 nearby certificates

An area pattern from registered certificates — never a specific home's rating.

Area profile

The English Indices of Deprivation don't cover Wales, so we don't show a decile here.

Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · data.police.uk · Environment Agency · MHCLG

Sold prices by postcode

Full postcode reports

Every free check for a Swansea postcode in one place — sold prices plus crime, flood, council tax, planning and schools.

Neighbourhoods to know

Where Swansea buyers and investors look

SA3

Mumbles / Gower

Premium coastal districts.

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SA2

Uplands / Sketty

University-adjacent and family demand.

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SA1

City centre / Marina

Regenerated central market.

See sold prices

SA4

Gorseinon / Loughor

Affordable western areas.

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The market in context

Understanding Swansea

The Gower-side suburbs of Mumbles and the western coast command strong premiums, the area near the university and the marina anchors student and professional demand, and the valleys to the north are more affordable.

For investors, student and professional demand are reliable; for owner-occupiers, the Mumbles and Gower fringe trade at a clear premium. Note that England-only datasets (council tax charges, IMD, the England flood feed) don’t cover Wales — sold prices do. Use the live data below.

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Swansea property guides

Honest, practical guidance for every situation — nine in-depth guides, each anchored in Swansea's real local data and our free tools.

Sell your house fast in Swansea“Sell fast” can mean a genuine cash purchase in two weeks or a well-priced open-market sale in two months. The right answer depends on how much speed you actually need and how much value you are willing to trade for it. Here is the honest version — no pressure, no inflated promises — anchored in real Swansea sold prices.House prices & market in SwanseaWhat is actually selling in Swansea, and for how much? This page is built on real HM Land Registry transactions — not portal “estimates” or asking prices — so you can see the typical price, the realistic range and which way the market has been moving.Selling an inherited property in SwanseaSelling a home you have inherited in Swansea comes with a few extra steps — probate, tax and an empty property to look after — but none of them need to be overwhelming. Here is a calm, honest walk-through, with real local data so you can value the property properly.Selling during divorce in SwanseaThe family home is usually the largest asset in a separation, and decisions about it are easier when both people are working from the same honest numbers. This is a practical, neutral guide to the options in Swansea — with real local data to ground the conversation.Selling a leasehold flat in SwanseaLeasehold flats sell perfectly well — but the lease itself can make or break the deal. Knowing your lease length, ground rent and service charges before you market in Swansea puts you in control and prevents nasty surprises late in the process.Selling with tenants in situ in SwanseaAs a Swansea landlord you have a genuine choice: sell with the tenants in situ to another investor, or sell with vacant possession to the wider market. Each route has a different buyer, timeline and price — here is how to decide.Selling a problem property in SwanseaSome homes are hard to sell through the usual channels — subsidence, a short lease, structural issues, damp, non-standard construction, or simply uninhabitable. They are not unsellable; they just need the right route and an honest price. Here is how to approach it in Swansea.Best areas to live in Swansea“Best” depends on what you need — schools, a commute, nightlife, value, or peace and quiet. Rather than hand you a ranked list that ignores your priorities, this guide explains the Swansea neighbourhoods to know and gives you the live data to compare them on what matters to you.Buy-to-let & yields in SwanseaSwansea attracts plenty of investor interest, but “is it a good buy-to-let city?” is the wrong question — the right one is “does this specific deal work?”. Here is what drives Swansea's rental market and how to underwrite a purchase honestly, with live local prices to start from.

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Questions, answered

Selling and buying in Swansea: your questions

How do I find out what homes in Swansea actually sold for?

Every completed sale in England and Wales is recorded by HM Land Registry, and we surface those real figures — not estimates — for SA1 and the other Swansea districts on our sold-prices pages. You see the price each property genuinely changed hands for, with the sample size behind any median, so you are reading the market as it actually traded rather than an algorithm's guess.

Are online “instant valuations” for Swansea accurate?

Treat them as a starting point, not a fact. An instant valuation is a model's estimate, and two tools will happily disagree by tens of thousands of pounds on the same Swansea home. We deliberately never show a single made-up number — instead we show the real sold prices nearby and the honest range around them, which is the figure buyers, surveyors and cash purchasers actually work from.

How quickly can I sell a house in Swansea?

It depends entirely on the route. A genuine cash purchase can complete in two to three weeks but pays below market value for that certainty; a well-priced open-market sale in Swansea usually takes longer but nets the most; auction sits in between with a fixed timetable. Our “sell your house fast” guide for Swansea walks through the real trade-offs without the pressure.

What does it cost to sell a home in Swansea?

Expect estate-agent fees, conveyancing, an EPC and any early-repayment charge on your mortgage; a cash or auction sale trades some of that for a lower headline price. Our free cost-of-selling and stamp-duty tools let you put real Swansea numbers in and see what you would actually walk away with.

Which Swansea neighbourhoods should I look at?

Mumbles / Gower, Uplands / Sketty, City centre / Marina and Gorseinon / Loughor each behave differently on price and demand, which is why we link every Swansea district straight to its own sold-price page rather than quoting one city-wide average. Read each area at outward-code level — SA1, SA2, SA3 and the rest — to see where value and competition really sit.

Is the data on this Swansea page an estimate?

No. Every hard figure on this page comes from a named public source — HM Land Registry for sold prices, the council for tax bands, the police and Environment Agency for crime and flood risk, and the official register for EPC ratings. When a source is briefly unavailable we say so plainly and show the rest, rather than filling the gap with a number we invented.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · postcodes.io / ONS · data.police.uk · Environment Agency · MHCLG council tax · English Indices of Deprivation (England). All figures are real and attributed — never estimates. About Your Property Check.