SA1 8 house prices are built from 3,644 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 26 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £104,998. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +24.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -11.1%.
Median price paid
£104,998
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+24.2%
Change in real terms
-11.1%
Median per m²
£2,416
HM Land Registry3,644 sales167 with floor areaLatest sale 26 Jun 2026
Section 01
How SA1 8 prices moved
The chart tracks the median SA1 8 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £33,000 | £73,276 |
| 2000s | 10 | £81,000 | £147,558 |
| 2010s | 10 | £113,248 | £159,679 |
| 2020s | 7 | £140,000 | £143,043 |
The highest yearly median on record for SA1 8 is £155,000 in 2025; the lowest is £30,000 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £33,000 to £146,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £73,276, so the real change over the whole record is +99.9% — about +2.26% 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: +24.2% in cash against -11.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Lewis Street | 26 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| APARTMENT 30 SOUTH QUAY Kings Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 12 Ysgol Street | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £142,000 | £142,000 |
| 16 Inkerman Street | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £118,500 | £118,500 |
| 5 ST THOMAS MEWS Kilvey Terrace | 27 May 2026 | Terraced | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| APARTMENT 149 SOUTH QUAY Kings Road | 12 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| 53 Port Tennant Road | 8 May 2026 | Terraced | £148,000 | £148,000 |
| 54 Balaclava Street | 1 May 2026 | Terraced | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 38 Foxhole Road | 29 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 50 Windmill Terrace | 24 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £122,000 | £122,000 |
| APARTMENT 155 SOUTH QUAY Kings Road | 17 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £178,500 | £178,500 |
| 50 St Elmo Avenue | 17 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 76 Marcroft Road | 10 Apr 2026 | Detached | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| APARTMENT 121 SOUTH QUAY Kings Road | 7 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 47 Inkerman Street | 31 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 53 St Elmo Avenue | 20 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 21 Elba Crescent | 20 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 7 Gelli Street | 19 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £129,500 | £129,500 |
| 211 Danygraig Road | 16 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £123,000 | £123,000 |
| 35 Hoo Street | 13 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 5 Benthall Place | 5 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 109 Fabian Way | 5 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £102,000 | £102,000 |
| 263 Langdon Road | 27 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 301 Danygraig Road | 25 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 1 Thomas Street | 9 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £142,500 | £142,500 |
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 SA1 8 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Lewis Street | £95,000 (2012) | £178,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.6% |
| APARTMENT 30 SOUTH QUAY Kings Road | £148,000 (2008) | £80,000 (2026) | -3.4% | -6.1% |
| 12 Ysgol Street | £132,500 (2020) | £142,000 (2026) | +1.2% | -3.1% |
| 5 ST THOMAS MEWS Kilvey Terrace | £100,000 (2009) | £178,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.5% |
| APARTMENT 149 SOUTH QUAY Kings Road | £190,500 (2009) | £178,000 (2026) | -0.4% | -3.3% |
| 53 Port Tennant Road | £39,000 (2003) | £148,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +3.1% |
| 54 Balaclava Street | £51,000 (2003) | £170,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.5% |
| 38 Foxhole Road | £100,000 (2022) | £155,000 (2026) | +11.6% | +7.5% |
| 50 Windmill Terrace | £42,950 (2002) | £122,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| APARTMENT 155 SOUTH QUAY Kings Road | £195,000 (2009) | £178,500 (2026) | -0.5% | -3.4% |
| 50 St Elmo Avenue | £82,000 (2008) | £145,000 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 76 Marcroft Road | £87,000 (2012) | £220,000 (2026) | +6.9% | +3.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. SA1 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 2,248 | 61.7% | £90,000 | £3,500 – £510,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 717 | 19.7% | £137,000 | £14,000 – £445,000 |
| Semi-detached | 573 | 15.7% | £109,000 | £10,000 – £535,000 |
| Detached | 106 | 2.9% | £147,000 | £15,000 – £410,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in SA1 8
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 949 certificates cover SA1 8, and their median floor area is 80 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +5.3%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 80 m² | about 861 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 65 m² | about 700 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 99 m² | about 1,066 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 19.9% | 189 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 1.7% | 16 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in SA1 8
906 of the sales on record are leasehold and 2,738 freehold — 24.9% 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 £130,000 and the median freehold sale £94,250 — a gap of -27.5%. 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 | 906 | 24.9% | £130,000 |
| Freehold | 2,738 | 75.1% | £94,250 |
| New build | 655 | 18.0% | £140,000 |
| Existing home | 2,989 | 82.0% | £92,650 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +51.1%. 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 366 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 07
Living in SA1 8
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Neath Port Talbot, 40.1% of 75,887 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,102 | 1.5% |
| B | 5,304 | 7.0% |
| C | 24,055 | 31.7% |
| D | 29,984 | 39.5% |
| E | 11,617 | 15.3% |
| F | 2,932 | 3.9% |
| G | 893 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Neath Port Talbot at £687 a month as of Jun 2026 — £497 for a one-bedroom home and £722 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £104,998 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.85% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around SA1 8
The 2021 census counted 142,289 residents in Neath Port Talbot across 62,377 households. 66.7% of those households own their home and 33.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Swansea Rail Station | Rail | 0.2 km |
| Llansamlet Rail Station | Rail | 5.5 km |
| Gowerton Rail Station | Rail | 7.0 km |
| Skewen Rail Station | Rail | 7.5 km |
Section 09
How SA1 8 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. SA1 8 sits below that national figure — -33.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,416 per square metre, across 167 of the 3,644 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 £3,500 to £535,000. 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.
SA1 8 sits in Neath Port Talbot, in Wales.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Neath Port Talbot at 4.4 times median local earnings of £37,417 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in SA1
- SA1 1£140,000 median
- SA1 2£77,000 median
- SA1 3£105,500 median
- SA1 4£87,998 median
- SA1 5£85,000 median
- SA1 6£80,000 median
- SA1 7£100,000 median
The wider district is SA1.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in SA1 8?
The median price paid in SA1 8 across every sale on the register is £104,998. 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 SA1 8?
3,644 sales are on record for SA1 8, the most recent completing on 26 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have SA1 8 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +24.2% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -11.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were SA1 8 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £155,000, set in 2025. 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 SA1 8?
£2,416 per square metre, from the 167 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 26 Jun 2026. 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, “SA1 8 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.