Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Eastbourne (BN20 7)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Eastbourne (BN20 7).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Eastbourne 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. Flat 7 Kingsland, Granville Road, Eastbourne, sold for £345,000 on Oct-2023. Given the internal area of 78 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,423.

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. £4,250-£4,500, £4,500-£4,750, £4,750-£5,000 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 314 sales in Eastbourne (BN20 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 Eastbourne (BN20 7). Of the 314 transactions, half were sold for between £2,990 and £4,320 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,320m². 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 'BN20 7' is £3,550. The table below shows how 'BN20 7' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BN20 0 East Dean	£4,610m2	£5,600m2	£6,150m2
BN20 7 Eastbourne	£2,990m2	£3,550m2	£4,320m2
BN20 8 Eastbourne	£3,490m2	£3,860m2	£4,500m2
BN20 9 Eastbourne	£3,990m2	£4,800m2	£5,510m2

Will Eastbourne 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 BN20 7 (Eastbourne). 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 BN20 7 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Eastbourne

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 Eastbourne. 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 Eastbourne

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Granville Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7H	68m2	£3,172	44
Silverdale Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7A	84m2	£2,969	39
Denton Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7S	113m2	£3,459	31
Grassington Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7B	100m2	£3,391	31
Bolsover Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7J	128m2	£3,428	25
Fairfield Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7N	55m2	£2,158	25
Granville Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7E	78m2	£2,731	24
Chesterfield Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7N	93m2	£3,591	23

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Eastbourne 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
Flat 7 Kingsland, Granville Rd, Eastbourne	£345,000 Oct-2023	78	4,423
Flat 10 St Johns House, 28, St Johns Rd, Eastbourne	£300,000 Oct-2023	88	3,409
10, Beristede Close, Eastbourne	£625,000 Sep-2023	121	5,165

See the entire list of all sales in Eastbourne (BN20 7) here.