Swains Road, Bembridge house prices are built from 78 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 24 Jan 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £450,000. Across the 24 years from 1997 to 2021 the median moved +720.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +388.7%.
Median price paid
£450,000
Change in cash, 1997–2021
+720.1%
Change in real terms
+388.7%
Median per m²
£2,181
HM Land Registry78 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Jan 2025
Section 01
How Swains Road, Bembridge prices moved
The chart tracks the median Swains Road, Bembridge house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2021. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £107,000 | £237,591 |
| 2010s | 1 | £420,000 | £592,200 |
| 2020s | 2 | £780,000 | £796,957 |
The highest yearly median on record for Swains Road, Bembridge is £877,500 in 2021; the lowest is £107,000 in 1997. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £125,000 to £877,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £277,559, so the real change over the whole record is +299.4% — about +5.47% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +720.1% in cash against +388.7% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ely Place | 24 Jan 2025 | Detached | £640,000 | £653,913 |
| Brae Lodge | 9 Jul 2024 | Detached | £785,000 | £826,007 |
| Cedar Cottage | 4 Aug 2023 | Detached | £700,000 | £756,322 |
| San Bernardino | 1 Aug 2023 | Detached | £875,000 | £945,402 |
| Woodcut | 6 Apr 2022 | Detached | £680,000 | £787,839 |
| Claymore | 30 Sep 2021 | Detached | £895,000 | £1,130,780 |
| The Old Court | 29 Sep 2021 | Detached | £1,527,000 | £1,929,274 |
| Ely Place | 21 Sep 2021 | Detached | £835,000 | £1,054,973 |
| 3 Swains End | 13 May 2021 | Detached | £508,000 | £641,828 |
| Reef House | 7 Apr 2021 | Detached | £877,500 | £1,108,669 |
| Little Shefford | 23 Oct 2020 | Detached | £700,000 | £906,336 |
| Durnford House | 15 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £765,000 | £990,496 |
| Freshfield Lodge | 14 Oct 2020 | Detached | £950,000 | £1,230,028 |
| Windy Ridge | 13 Oct 2020 | Detached | £780,000 | £1,009,917 |
| Fayal | 23 Sep 2020 | Detached | £480,000 | £621,488 |
| Corkbeg House | 18 Sep 2020 | Detached | £825,000 | £1,068,182 |
| Durban | 7 Aug 2020 | Detached | £1,155,000 | £1,495,455 |
| Brae Lodge | 24 Sep 2019 | Detached | £650,000 | £850,186 |
| Little Haven | 1 Feb 2019 | Detached | £525,000 | £686,688 |
| Swains House | 25 Jan 2019 | Detached | £2,300,000 | £3,008,349 |
| 2 Elm Lodge | 24 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £100,000 | £133,270 |
| The Garden Cottage | 18 Jun 2018 | Detached | £476,400 | £634,900 |
| 1 Orchard Park | 24 May 2018 | Detached | £760,000 | £1,012,854 |
| Woodcut | 2 Mar 2018 | Detached | £405,000 | £539,745 |
| 2 Swains End | 8 Jan 2018 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £559,735 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Swains Road, Bembridge values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELY PLACE Swains Road | £835,000 (2021) | £640,000 (2025) | -6.4% | -11.3% |
| BRAE LODGE Swains Road | £330,000 (2001) | £785,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +1.1% |
| SAN BERNARDINO Swains Road | £216,000 (1999) | £875,000 (2023) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| WOODCUT Swains Road | £405,000 (2018) | £680,000 (2022) | +13.8% | +9.9% |
| CLAYMORE Swains Road | £320,000 (1999) | £895,000 (2021) | +4.8% | +2.5% |
| 3 SWAINS END Swains Road | £303,000 (2006) | £508,000 (2021) | +3.5% | +1.2% |
| LITTLE SHEFFORD Swains Road | £582,500 (2016) | £700,000 (2020) | +4.7% | +2.7% |
| DURNFORD HOUSE Swains Road | £107,000 (1997) | £765,000 (2020) | +8.9% | +6.6% |
| FRESHFIELD LODGE Swains Road | £189,000 (1998) | £950,000 (2020) | +7.6% | +5.3% |
| WINDY RIDGE Swains Road | £140,000 (1996) | £780,000 (2020) | +7.4% | +5.1% |
| FAYAL Swains Road | £74,000 (1995) | £480,000 (2020) | +7.8% | +5.5% |
| DURBAN Swains Road | £110,000 (1998) | £1,155,000 (2020) | +11.3% | +8.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Swains Road, Bembridge is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 70 | 89.7% | £475,000 | £40,000 – £2,300,000 |
| Semi-detached | 7 | 9.0% | £225,000 | £83,000 – £765,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1 | 1.3% | £130,000 | £130,000 – £130,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Swains Road, Bembridge
2 of the sales on record are leasehold and 76 freehold — 2.6% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £115,000 and the median freehold sale £462,500 — a gap of +302.2%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 2 | 2.6% | £115,000 |
| Freehold | 76 | 97.4% | £462,500 |
| New build | 2 | 2.6% | £605,000 |
| Existing home | 76 | 97.4% | £435,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +39.1%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 3 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Swains Road, Bembridge compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Swains Road, Bembridge sits above that national figure — +185.7%.
Within Bembridge the street ranks 5 of 87 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £225,000 (+100.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,181 per square metre, across 9 of the 78 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £40,000 to £2,300,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Foreland Road£182,500 median
- Steyne Road£182,000 median
- Howgate Road£225,000 median
- Lane End Road£250,000 median
- High Street£155,000 median
- Meadow Drive£250,000 median
- Lincoln Way£190,000 median
- Downs View Road£175,000 median
- Walls Road£226,000 median
- Dennett Road£220,000 median
- Church Road£295,000 median
- Hillway Road£187,500 median
- Kings Road£137,000 median
- Heathfield Road£270,000 median
- Trelawny Way£271,250 median
- Manna Road£180,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- BRAE LODGE Swains Road4 sales
- CLAYMORE Swains Road4 sales
- GREEN OAKS Swains Road4 sales
- THE SEA HOUSE Swains Road4 sales
- SAN BERNARDINO Swains Road3 sales
- DURNFORD HOUSE Swains Road3 sales
- FRESHFIELD LODGE Swains Road3 sales
- 2, SWAINS END Swains Road3 sales
- ELY PLACE Swains Road2 sales
- WOODCUT Swains Road2 sales
- 3, SWAINS END Swains Road2 sales
- LITTLE SHEFFORD Swains Road2 sales
- WINDY RIDGE Swains Road2 sales
- FAYAL Swains Road2 sales
- DURBAN Swains Road2 sales
- 2, ELM LODGE Swains Road2 sales
- THE GARDEN COTTAGE Swains Road2 sales
- 2, ORCHARD PARK Swains Road2 sales
- SEAWAY Swains Road2 sales
- ORCHARD BUNGALOW Swains Road2 sales
- GREEN GATES Swains Road2 sales
- WRAY HOUSE Swains Road2 sales
Back to Bembridge house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Swains Road, Bembridge?
The median price paid in Swains Road, Bembridge across every sale on the register is £450,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Swains Road, Bembridge?
78 sales are on record for Swains Road, Bembridge, the most recent completing on 24 Jan 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Swains Road, Bembridge house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +720.1% between 1997 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +388.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Swains Road, Bembridge house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £877,500, set in 2021. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Swains Road, Bembridge?
£2,181 per square metre, from the 9 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 24 Jan 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Swains Road, Bembridge house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.