House prices in BN2 8 (Saltdean)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BN2 8' (Saltdean, Brighton) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'BN2 8'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BN2 8", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Saltdean.

You can click on the map labels to change to a neighbouring sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Saltdean 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. 43, Westmeston Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, sold for £562,500 on May-2024. Given the internal area of 121 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,648.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-) They may want to convert square meters 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. £4,700-£5,000, £5,000-£5,300, £5,300-£5,600 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 193 sales in Saltdean (BN2 8) 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.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Saltdean (BN2 8). Of the 193 transactions, half were sold for between £4,030 and £5,590 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BN2 8' is £4,880. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £5,590 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Saltdean, Brighton

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. 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.

House price heatmap for Saltdean, Brighton

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BN2 8' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BN2 1 Brighton	£4,780 sqm	£5,510 sqm	£6,200 sqm
BN2 7 Rottingdean	£4,730 sqm	£5,550 sqm	£6,530 sqm
BN2 9 Brighton	£4,930 sqm	£5,580 sqm	£6,240 sqm
BN2 0 Brighton	£4,660 sqm	£5,380 sqm	£6,210 sqm
BN2 3 Brighton	£4,720 sqm	£5,390 sqm	£6,040 sqm
BN2 6 Brighton	£4,160 sqm	£4,660 sqm	£5,420 sqm
BN2 5 Brighton Marina Village	£4,400 sqm	£5,230 sqm	£5,960 sqm
BN2 4 Brighton	£4,070 sqm	£4,730 sqm	£5,440 sqm
BN2 8 Saltdean	£4,030 sqm	£4,880 sqm	£5,590 sqm

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 chart below for BN2 8 (Saltdean) compared with both the wider area BN2 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Brighton to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. 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.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
Longridge Avenue, Saltdean, BN2 8R	55 sqm	£2,875	32
Bannings Vale, Saltdean, BN2 8D	93 sqm	£4,694	27
Wicklands Avenue, Saltdean, BN2 8E	96 sqm	£4,789	21
Lustrells Vale, Saltdean, BN2 8F	74 sqm	£4,475	18
Bevendean Avenue, Saltdean, BN2 8P	97 sqm	£4,667	17
Tumulus Road, Saltdean, BN2 8F	94 sqm	£4,682	16
Saltdean Vale, Saltdean, BN2 8H	95 sqm	£5,026	14
Oaklands Avenue, Saltdean, BN2 8P	101 sqm	£4,387	14

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Raw data

Our analysis of Saltdean 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	sqm	£/sqm
43, Westmeston Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton	£562,500 May-2024	121	4,648
26, Falmer Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton	£460,000 May-2024	106	4,339
58, Tumulus Rd, Saltdean, Brighton	£418,000 Apr-2024	95	4,400

See the entire list of all sales in Saltdean (BN2 8) here.