Standing view · housing · Brighton and Hove
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-08.
The average house price in Brighton and Hove was £408,669 in May 2026. Average private rent for a two-bedroom home was £1,529 in March 2026, £1,523 in May and £1,520 in June. Rent for a terraced home was £2,004 in April 2026, for a semi-detached home £2,023 in July and for a detached home £2,219 in August. Prevention duties following a section 21 notice numbered 42 in the first quarter of 2026, an unfavourable movement. Two-bedroom rents eased across the three months recorded.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Brighton and Hove. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention duty, section 21 notice | 2026-Q1 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, terraced | 2026-04 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, semi-detached | 2026-07 | — |
| Average private rent, detached | 2026-08 | — |