Brighton Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Review

Brighton: South Coast's most dynamic property market with strong rental demand from two universities and creative industries.

The Brighton property market recorded 4,170 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £412,000. This places Brighton £50k above the Sussex county median of £362,488, and £127k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Brighton have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +3%. Within Sussex, Brighton ranks 4th by price out of 10 principal towns, and 1st by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Brighton median prices moved from £405,000 in Q1 2025 to £427,500 in Q2 2026, a change of +5.6% over 5 quarters.

Brighton & Hove, the local planning authority covering Brighton, approved 33 residential planning applications and refused 7 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 100 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 83%. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 1,701 homes, an estimated £667.6m 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.

Property prices in Brighton vary significantly by type. The table below compares Brighton prices with Sussex county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Brighton command £722,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £295,000. The £427k 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 29 new-build sales in Brighton for the past 12 months, 0.7% 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.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Brighton.

Across the wider Sussex market, 416 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Sussex property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Brighton, 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 £415,000 to £637,500 illustrates the breadth of the Brighton market.

For developers considering Brighton, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £412,000 and detached homes at £722,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Brighton with a GDV of £722,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £469,300 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 3% year-on-year, Brighton presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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

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