Worthing Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Worthing: Emerging coastal market with improving town centre and significantly lower values than Brighton.

The Worthing property market recorded 1,835 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £335,000. This places Worthing £27k below the Sussex county median of £361,500, and £50k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Worthing have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -2.2%. Within Sussex, Worthing ranks 8th by price out of 10 principal towns, and 6th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Worthing median prices moved from £350,000 in Q3 2024 to £340,000 in Q4 2025, a change of -2.9% over 5 quarters. Worthing has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price growth. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Adur & Worthing Councils, the local planning authority covering Worthing, approved 62 residential planning applications and refused 14 in the last 12 months, with 24 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 82%.

Those applications propose around 563 homes, an estimated £167.5m 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 Worthing vary significantly by type. The table below compares Worthing prices with Sussex county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Worthing command £540,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £213,375. The £327k 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 28 new-build sales in Worthing for the past 12 months, 1.5% 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 Worthing.

Across the wider Sussex market, 497 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 Worthing, 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 £250,000 to £672,000 illustrates the breadth of the Worthing market.

For developers considering Worthing, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £335,000 and detached homes at £540,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Worthing with a GDV of £540,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £351,000 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.

While prices have softened 2.2% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Worthing by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Worthing'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.