SA1 Waterfront Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

SA1 Waterfront: Major waterfront development district with marina residential and commercial schemes.

The SA1 Waterfront property market recorded 3,403 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £195,000. This places SA1 Waterfront £38k above the Swansea county median of £157,000, and £90k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in SA1 Waterfront have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +1.3%. Within Swansea, SA1 Waterfront ranks 3rd by price out of 6 principal towns, and 3rd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, SA1 Waterfront median prices moved from £185,000 in Q4 2024 to £190,000 in Q1 2026, a change of +2.7% over 5 quarters.

SA1 Waterfront shares a HM Land Registry reporting district with neighbouring towns, and the source data does not distinguish SA1 Waterfront-specific sales from the wider district. The figures above reflect the whole shared district rather than SA1 Waterfront alone.

Swansea Council, the local planning authority covering SA1 Waterfront, approved 412 residential planning applications and refused 117 in the last 12 months, with 182 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 78%.

Those applications propose around 2,092 homes, an estimated £397.6m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Swansea Council covers more than one town in Swansea, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to SA1 Waterfront alone.

Property prices in SA1 Waterfront vary significantly by type. The table below compares SA1 Waterfront prices with Swansea county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in SA1 Waterfront command £340,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £120,000. The £220k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 51 new-build sales in SA1 Waterfront for the past 12 months, 1.5% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in SA1 Waterfront sold at a premium of 64.4% to existing stock.

Across the wider Swansea market, 15 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Swansea property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in SA1 Waterfront, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £215,000 to £524,860 illustrates the breadth of the SA1 Waterfront market.

For developers considering SA1 Waterfront, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £195,000 and detached homes at £340,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in SA1 Waterfront with a GDV of £340,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £221,000 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 1.3% year-on-year, SA1 Waterfront presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put SA1 Waterfront's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Swansea:

For the full Swansea town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Swansea property market report.