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Preston · Brighton · South East
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Matched sales798 of 879 sales
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House prices per square metre in BN1
£5,380median per m²High confidence
95% CI £5,280–£5,520 per m² · n = 798 matched sales
The median sold price in BN1 (Preston, Brighton) is £5,380 per square metre (£500 per ft²), based on 798 matched sales in the 12 months to August 2026, at a median sale price of £430,000. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +1.8% a year in cash terms, or −1.5% a year after inflation.
Map of 879 sales in BN1 in the last 12 months; median £5,380 per square metre. Full details are in the sold-prices table below.
Postcode district
Prices in BN1
Tenure
Median price per m²
£5,380
n = 798 matched sales
Median sale price
£430,000
n = 879 sales
How prices are spread in BN1
Distribution of £/m² for the matched resale sales in BN1 over the last 12 months. The median is £5,380/m² with a 95% CI of £5,280 to £5,520 and a middle 60% running £4,420 to £6,480. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £4,420
- p80 £6,480
- 95% CI £5,280–£5,520
The individual sales appear here once BN1's sold-price file loads. The markers are the published statistics.
By property type
| Property type | Median £/m² | Matched sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £5,690/m² | n = 83 |
| Semi-detached | £5,260/m² | n = 161 |
| Terraced | £5,790/m² | n = 236 |
| Flat | £5,090/m² | n = 318 |
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Tenure
£430,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £354,000–£518,000
80 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 798 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/08/26 | 24 Vere Road, Brighton | £642,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £5,680 | |
| 18/08/26 | Flat 2 11 Montpelier Street, Brighton | £312,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £7,800 | |
| 17/08/26 | 10 Winchester Street, Brighton | £612,500 | Terraced | Freehold | £5,620 | |
| 14/08/26 | 17 Over Street, Brighton | £450,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £5,110 | |
| 14/08/26 | 37 Shaftesbury Road, Brighton | £415,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £4,510 | |
| 13/08/26 | 17 Overhill Gardens, Brighton | £475,000 | Semi | Freehold | £4,520 | |
| 11/08/26 | 9 Burstead Close, Brighton | £268,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £3,150 | |
| 10/08/26 | 32 Bates Road, Brighton | £600,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £6,520 | |
| 10/08/26 | 27 Patchdean, Brighton | £350,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £4,120 | |
| 07/08/26 | 5A Powis Road, Brighton | £500,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £6,330 | |
| 07/08/26 | Ground Floor Flat 53 Buckingham Place, Brighton | £417,500 | Flat | Leasehold | £7,330 | |
| 07/08/26 | Flat 41 Horsted Court, 6 Fleet Street, Brighton | £415,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £3,990 | |
| 07/08/26 | Flat 73 Argus Lofts Robert Street, Brighton | £360,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £4,560 | |
| 07/08/26 | 1 Lovers Walk Cottages, Brighton | £355,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £5,550 | |
| 07/08/26 | 18B Montpelier Street, Brighton | £315,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £6,060 | |
| 07/08/26 | Ground Floor Flat 13 Chatham Place, Brighton | £295,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £7,200 | |
| 06/08/26 | 144 Saunders Hill, Brighton | £432,000 | Semi | Freehold | £4,500 | |
| 06/08/26 | Ground Floor Flat 150 Springfield Road, Brighton | £200,000 | Flat | Leasehold | £3,700 | |
| 05/08/26 | Ground and First Floor Maisonette 42 Dyke Road Drive, Brighton | £425,000 | Flat | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 05/08/26 | 48 Hawkhurst Road, Brighton | £360,000 | Semi | Freehold | £3,960 |
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Head to head: BN1 vs BN3 · BN1 vs BN2 · all comparisons · league tables
Ranked here: 45th of 276 in most expensive postcode districts in South East
Nearby districts
Median price per square metre in the nearest districts.
- BN3 · Hove£5,670/m² median
- BN2 · Saltdean£5,060/m² median
- BN41 · Portslade£4,750/m² median
- BN42 · Southwick£4,460/m² median
- BN45 · PyecombeSee sold prices
- BN43 · Shoreham Airport£4,780/m² median
- BN6 · Hurstpierpoint£5,450/m² median
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Further reading
- Cash terms, real terms, and which to trustPrices here rose 1.8% a year in cash and fell 1.5% after inflation
- How to compare two areas before you moveSame measure, same window, same tenure: how to do it honestly
- What is a good price per square metre?How to read a price per square metre against its area
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HM Land Registry sold prices to August 2026 (registrations lag sales by 2–8 weeks) · updated August 2026 · how these figures are made
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RealScout, "House prices per square metre in Preston (BN1)", dataset version 2026-08, https://realscout.uk/property-prices/bn1. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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<p>Source: <a href="https://realscout.uk/property-prices/bn1">RealScout</a>, house prices per square metre in Preston (BN1) (2026-08). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.</p>
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