Property searches in Brighton and Hove

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

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House prices

The average home in Brighton and Hove cost £408,240 in August 2026. Prices have fallen 2.1% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£408,240	-2.1%
Detached	£855,390	-0.6%
Semi-detached	£548,417	-0.4%
Terraced	£475,621	-0.6%
Flat or maisonette	£295,136	-3.9%
First-time buyers	£343,329	-2.3%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Brighton and Hove pays £2,581 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,720	£172
B	£2,007	£201
C	£2,294	£229
D	£2,581	£258
E	£3,154	£315
F	£3,727	£373
G	£4,301	£430
H	£5,161	£516

Renting

The average private rent is £1,816 a month (-0.8% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 5.3% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£1,194
2	£1,525
3	£1,806
4 or more	£2,489

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Brighton and Hove is split into 165 small neighbourhoods. 16% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 17% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 53% of homes are owned, 30% privately rented and 16% socially rented; 14% of people are 65 or over and 35% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

100.0% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 97.7% from all four; 100.0% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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