House prices in BN2 9 (Brighton)

This article reveals price per square foot data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BN2 9' (Brighton) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.

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Defining 'BN2 9'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BN2 9", 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 Brighton.

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

Price per square foot

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

£ per sqft = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 11, Hanover Mews, Brighton, sold for £550,000 on Jul-2024. Given the internal area of 764 square feet, the price per sqft is £719.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. Convert this site to square meters.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqft data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqft 'buckets' (e.g. £487-£510, £510-£534, £534-£557 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 203 sales in Brighton (BN2 9) that took place in the last two years.

Generate a custom chart like the one above but based on your own criteria.

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 Brighton (BN2 9). Of the 203 transactions, half were sold for between £461 and £585 per square foot. The median, or 'middle', price per square foot in 'BN2 9' is £520. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £585 sqft. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for 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 Brighton

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BN2 9' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BN2 7 Rottingdean	£447 sqft	£515 sqft	£582 sqft
BN2 9 Brighton	£461 sqft	£520 sqft	£585 sqft
BN2 1 Brighton	£444 sqft	£514 sqft	£610 sqft
BN2 6 Brighton	£381 sqft	£428 sqft	£503 sqft
BN2 0 Brighton	£425 sqft	£489 sqft	£563 sqft
BN2 3 Brighton	£453 sqft	£505 sqft	£554 sqft
BN2 5 Brighton Marina Village	£414 sqft	£486 sqft	£554 sqft
BN2 4 Brighton	£386 sqft	£445 sqft	£502 sqft
BN2 8 Saltdean	£387 sqft	£456 sqft	£518 sqft

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 9 (Brighton) 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 £sqft	Recent sales
Hanover Street, Brighton, BN2 9S	893 sqft	£520	22
Hanover Terrace, Brighton, BN2 9S	968 sqft	£548	22
Arnold Street, Brighton, BN2 9X	775 sqft	£553	21
Lincoln Street, Brighton, BN2 9U	957 sqft	£495	20
Washington Street, Brighton, BN2 9S	871 sqft	£526	20
Richmond Terrace, Brighton, BN2 9S	0 sqft	£401	19
Islingword Road, Brighton, BN2 9S	850 sqft	£473	18
Coleman Street, Brighton, BN2 9S	947 sqft	£513	17

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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	sqft	£/sqft
11, Hanover Mews, Brighton	£550,000 Jul-2024	764	719
22, Scotland St, Brighton	£430,000 Jun-2024	678	634
Flat 17 Ashton Lodge, Ashton Rise, Brighton	£208,000 Jun-2024	495	420

See the entire list of all sales in Brighton (BN2 9) here.