BN2 2 house prices are built from 81 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2001 and the most recent on 16 Jul 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £120,000.
Median price paid
£120,000
HM Land Registry81 salesLatest sale 16 Jul 2025
Section 01
How BN2 2 prices moved
The chart tracks the median BN2 2 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2001 to 2005. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | £110,000 | £200,388 |
The highest yearly median on record for BN2 2 is £135,000 in 2005; the lowest is £90,000 in 2001. Across the full 5-year record the cash median has moved from £90,000 to £135,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £176,495, so the real change over the whole record is +39.3% — about +8.65% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST FLOOR FLAT 101 Ewart Street | 16 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £224,783 |
| FLAT 5 10 Albion Street | 20 Jun 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £179,000 | £188,351 |
| FLAT 3 9 Albion Street | 21 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £203,000 | £235,193 |
| 31B Cobden Road | 9 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £360,081 |
| FLAT 6 10 College Terrace | 24 Aug 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £275,000 | £366,493 |
| 4 Church Way | 13 Apr 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £192,000 | £255,879 |
| GROUND FLOOR FLAT 14 College Terrace | 17 Jul 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £292,500 | £398,094 |
| FIRST FLOOR FLAT 99 – 101 Ewart Street | 30 Mar 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £299,421 |
| 31B Cobden Road | 28 Jun 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £362,970 |
| FIRST FLOOR FLAT 6 Walpole Terrace | 30 Mar 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £349,010 |
| FLAT 2 135 Queens Park Road | 18 Feb 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £330,000 | £460,693 |
| 31B Cobden Road | 3 Dec 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £246,750 |
| FLAT 3 289 Queens Park Road | 16 Dec 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £147,000 | £210,855 |
| 58 Tyson Place | 15 Aug 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £196,000 | £281,139 |
| 63 Tyson Place | 23 Jul 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £181,000 | £259,624 |
| FIRST FLOOR FLAT 99 – 101 Ewart Street | 7 Mar 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £131,700 | £188,908 |
| FLAT 2 27 Egremont Place | 20 Sep 2013 | Flat or maisonette | £164,000 | £239,131 |
| 52 Tyson Place | 19 Apr 2013 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £240,589 |
| FLAT 2 44 Walpole Road | 1 Feb 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £171,000 | £255,413 |
| 45 Tyson Place | 27 Jun 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £229,891 |
| GARDEN FLAT 3 Hanover Crescent | 5 Nov 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £255,493 |
| GROUND and LOWER GROUND FLOOR FLAT 64 Carlton Hill | 21 Jun 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £263,477 |
| GROUND FLOOR FLAT 164 Freshfield Road | 17 Dec 2009 | Flat or maisonette | £219,000 | £359,895 |
| GROUND FIRST and SECOND FLOOR FLAT 64 Carlton Hill | 11 Jan 2008 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £419,643 |
| 21 Tyson Place | 13 Sep 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £312,947 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to BN2 2 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 1 157 Queens Park Road | £28,000 (1997) | £232,000 (2026) | +7.6% | +4.8% |
| FIRST FLOOR FLAT 7 College Terrace | £120,000 (2003) | £265,000 (2025) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| FLAT 5 10 Albion Street | £110,000 (2004) | £179,000 (2024) | +2.5% | -0.4% |
| FLAT 3 9 Albion Street | £43,500 (1999) | £203,000 (2022) | +6.9% | +4.3% |
| FLAT 6 10 College Terrace | £275,000 (2018) | £310,000 (2022) | +3.0% | -0.5% |
| FLAT 2 135 Queens Park Road | £60,000 (1997) | £346,113 (2021) | +7.6% | +5.3% |
| 31B Cobden Road | £67,000 (2001) | £285,000 (2021) | +7.5% | +5.2% |
| FIRST FLOOR FLAT 99 – 101 Ewart Street | £131,700 (2014) | £220,000 (2017) | +18.7% | +16.6% |
| FIRST FLOOR FLAT 6 Walpole Terrace | £92,000 (2005) | £250,000 (2016) | +9.5% | +6.9% |
| FLAT 3 289 Queens Park Road | £110,000 (2004) | £147,000 (2014) | +2.9% | +0.3% |
| FLAT 4 44 Walpole Road | £79,950 (2001) | £135,000 (2012) | +4.9% | +2.3% |
| FLAT 2 44 Walpole Road | £85,000 (2001) | £171,000 (2012) | +6.6% | +4.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. BN2 2 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 77 | 95.1% | £120,000 | £20,000 – £330,000 |
| Terraced | 3 | 3.7% | £90,000 | £67,000 – £160,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 1.2% | £570,000 | £570,000 – £570,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in BN2 2
79 of the sales on record are leasehold and 2 freehold — 97.5% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £120,000 and the median freehold sale £330,000 — a gap of +175.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 79 | 97.5% | £120,000 |
| Freehold | 2 | 2.5% | £330,000 |
| New build | 5 | 6.2% | £112,500 |
| Existing home | 76 | 93.8% | £120,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -6.3%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 5 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in BN2 2
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Brighton and Hove, 42.0% of 168,453 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 311 | 0.2% |
| B | 11,346 | 6.7% |
| C | 59,144 | 35.1% |
| D | 66,545 | 39.5% |
| E | 23,998 | 14.2% |
| F | 5,409 | 3.2% |
| G | 1,700 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Brighton and Hove at £1,812 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,191 for a one-bedroom home and £1,799 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £120,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 18.12% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of BN2, 381 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 131 violent, 5 burglary, 10 vehicle-related and 88 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.3 times busier.
Against the 277,103 residents the 2021 census counted in Brighton and Hove, that is 1.37 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around BN2 2
The 2021 census counted 277,103 residents in Brighton and Hove across 121,402 households. 52.2% of those households own their home and 47.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
20 state and independent schools have a BN2 postcode: 17 primary, 2 nursery, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longhill High School | Secondary | Community school | 632 |
| St Luke's Primary School | Primary | Community school | 622 |
| Saltdean Primary School | Primary | Community school | 533 |
| Elm Grove Primary School | Primary | Community school | 404 |
| Fairlight Primary School | Primary | Community school | 393 |
| City Academy Whitehawk | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 323 |
| Bevendean Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 317 |
| Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery | Primary | Community school | 312 |
| Queen's Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 286 |
| Carlton Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 215 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Moulsecoomb Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| London Road (Brighton) Rail Station | Rail | 2.8 km |
| Brighton Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
| Falmer Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
Section 09
How BN2 2 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. BN2 2 sits below that national figure — -23.8%.
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £20,000 to £570,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
BN2 2 sits in Brighton and Hove, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Brighton and Hove at 10.6 times median local earnings of £39,137 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in BN2
- BN2 0£185,000 median
- BN2 1£180,000 median
- BN2 3£170,000 median
- BN2 4£175,000 median
- BN2 5£197,500 median
- BN2 6£220,000 median
- BN2 7£300,000 median
- BN2 8£229,950 median
- BN2 9£212,000 median
The wider district is BN2.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in BN2 2?
The median price paid in BN2 2 across every sale on the register is £120,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in BN2 2?
81 sales are on record for BN2 2, the most recent completing on 16 Jul 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were BN2 2 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £135,000, set in 2005. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in BN2 2?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 16 Jul 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “BN2 2 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.