Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Brighton (BN1 7)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Brighton (BN1 7).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Brighton is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 25, Hollingbury Place, Brighton, sold for £700,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 112 square metres, the price per sqm is £6,250.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £6,150-£6,500, £6,500-£6,850, £6,850-£7,200 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 94 sales in Brighton (BN1 7) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Brighton (BN1 7). Of the 94 transactions, half were sold for between £4,570 and £6,230 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £6,230m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'BN1 7' is £5,180. The table below shows how 'BN1 7' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BN1 4 Brighton	£4,890m2	£5,790m2	£6,990m2
BN1 8 Patcham	£4,660m2	£5,380m2	£6,090m2
BN1 2 Brighton	£4,700m2	£5,320m2	£6,150m2
BN1 3 Brighton	£5,120m2	£6,060m2	£6,850m2
BN1 5 Withdean	£5,030m2	£5,750m2	£6,520m2
BN1 9 Falmer	£3,940m2	£4,390m2	£4,980m2
BN1 6 Preston	£4,810m2	£5,810m2	£6,640m2
BN1 7 Brighton	£4,570m2	£5,180m2	£6,230m2
BN1 1 Brighton	£4,290m2	£5,070m2	£5,750m2

Will Brighton house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for BN1 7 (Brighton). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for BN1 7 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Brighton and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Brighton data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Brighton

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Brighton. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Brighton

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton, BN1 7H	92m2	£5,264	37
Roedale Road, Brighton, BN1 7G	85m2	£4,538	28
Hollingbury Road, Brighton, BN1 7J	100m2	£5,140	20
Stanmer Park Road, Brighton, BN1 7J	90m2	£5,287	18
Stanmer Villas, Brighton, BN1 7H	99m2	£5,003	18
Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton, BN1 7J	111m2	£5,656	17
Davey Drive, Brighton, BN1 7B	79m2	£3,845	12
Barnett Road, Brighton, BN1 7G	91m2	£4,955	11

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Brighton is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	m2	£/m2
25, Hollingbury Pl, Brighton	£700,000 Aug-2023	112	6,250
63, Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton	£494,000 Aug-2023	76	6,500
89, Brentwood Rd, Brighton	£470,000 Aug-2023	92	5,108

See the entire list of all sales in Brighton (BN1 7) here.