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

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

The Worthing property market recorded 1,834 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £335,000. This places Worthing £27k below the Sussex county median of £362,488, and £50k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Worthing have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -2.9%. Within Sussex, Worthing ranks 7th by price out of 10 principal towns, and 6th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Worthing median prices moved from £342,000 in Q1 2025 to £321,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -6.1% over 5 quarters. Worthing has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price falls.

The local planning authority for Worthing approved 10 residential planning applications and refused 1 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 22 still awaiting a decision. Too few decisions were captured in the period to state a reliable approval rate. 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 244 homes, an estimated £77.8m 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 £525,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £210,000. The £315k 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 30 new-build sales in Worthing for the past 12 months, 1.6% 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.

On those registered sales, new builds in Worthing sold at a discount of 16.2% to existing stock.

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 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 £218,000 to £650,000 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 £525,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Worthing with a GDV of £525,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £341,250 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 2.9% 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.