Area market snapshot · in Brighton and Hove

Kemp Town property market

Updated 5 October 2026 · refreshed daily

Map: Kemp Town is about 2 miles south-east of central Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex.
Median asking price
£400,000↓ 6% below Brighton and Hove

180 for sale · Brighton and Hove £425k

Median sold price · 12 months to February 2026
£355,000↓ 14% below Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove £415k

Typical asking range
Typical asking range (middle half of listings) and median
MarketRange lowMedianRange high
Kemp Town£275,000£400,000£600,000
Brighton and Hove£295,000£425,000£600,000

Each band covers the middle half of asking prices.

How Kemp Town differs from Brighton and Hove
  • Flats are 73% of what's for sale, compared to 59% across Brighton and Hove
The last 30 days

More homes left the market in Kemp Town than came onto it

New listings
22

↓ 61% · was 56

Price cuts
23

↑ 21% · was 19

Went off market
28

↑ 27% · was 22

Typical time listed
79 days

before going off the market

Changes compare with the prior 30 days.

Asking prices

Where homes in Kemp Town sit by price band, against Brighton and Hove

33% of homes in Kemp Town ask under £300k, the most common band

49% of Kemp Town listings ask under £400k, a bigger share than Brighton and Hove (45%)

Share of current listings by asking-price band
Price bandKemp Town listingsKemp Town shareBrighton and Hove share
<£300k5933%25%
£300k–400k3017%19%
£400k–500k2715%16%
£500k–650k2112%16%
£650k–800k158%10%
£800k–1m169%7%
£1m–1.5m53%4%
£1.5m+74%3%

Prices by property type

Current listings and Land Registry sales in Kemp Town, set against Brighton and Hove

Flats are 74% of homes for sale in Kemp Town, against 59% across Brighton and Hove

Share of homes for sale by property type
property typeKemp TownBrighton and Hove
Flats (134 for sale)£74£59
Terraced (32 for sale)£18£16
Semi-detached (8 for sale)£4£9

Flats in Kemp Town ask £300k, 8% less than Brighton and Hove flats (£325k)

Median asking price of current listings; the count under each row

Median asking price by property type
property typeKemp TownBrighton and Hove
Flats (134 for sale)£300,000£325,000
Terraced (32 for sale)£687,500£600,000
Semi-detached (8 for sale)£962,475£625,000

Price per square foot

Sold · 12 months to August 2026
£487per sq ftIn line with Brighton and Hove

149 matched sales

Brighton and Hove: £492 per sq ft

Asking · current listings
£473per sq ft↓ 3% below Brighton and Hove

171 listings with a known floor area

Brighton and Hove: £489 per sq ft

Sold prices per sq ft in Kemp Town are up 12% over 10 years, to £487

Brighton and Hove: up 19% to £492 over the same period

Sold price per square foot over time (12-month windows ending each quarter); the chart plots each line as the percentage change since its first point
Window endsKemp TownBrighton and Hove
Sept 2016£435£412
Dec 2016£438£417
Mar 2017£452£420
Jun 2017£453£424
Sept 2017£449£427
Dec 2017£451£431
Mar 2018£441£431
Jun 2018£438£433
Sept 2018£448£435
Dec 2018£453£434
Mar 2019£452£434
Jun 2019£454£429
Sept 2019£446£427
Dec 2019£440£427
Mar 2020£442£428
Jun 2020£440£431
Sept 2020£448£434
Dec 2020£440£443
Mar 2021£448£450
Jun 2021£459£458
Sept 2021£465£465
Dec 2021£469£470
Mar 2022£471£479
Jun 2022£481£494
Sept 2022£497£509
Dec 2022£498£516
Mar 2023£511£523
Jun 2023£512£526
Sept 2023£520£518
Dec 2023£520£511
Mar 2024£505£501
Jun 2024£510£496
Sept 2024£510£496
Dec 2024£492£494
Mar 2025£502£496
Jun 2025£498£496
Sept 2025£498£495
Dec 2025£485£495
Mar 2026£485£492
Jun 2026£480£492
Aug 2026£487£492

Homes sold in Kemp Town

Completed sales
245↑ 13% vs previous year

Previous 12 months: 217 sales

Median sold price
£355,000↓ 14% below Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove: £415,000

The median sold price in Kemp Town is up 21% over the last 10 years, to £355k

Brighton and Hove: up 36% to £415k over the same period

Median sold price over time (12-month windows ending each quarter); the chart plots each line as the percentage change since its first point
Window endsKemp TownBrighton and Hove
Mar 2016£293k£305k
Jun 2016£300k£311k
Sept 2016£306k£320k
Dec 2016£313k£325k
Mar 2017£317k£335k
Jun 2017£321k£340k
Sept 2017£322k£345k
Dec 2017£326k£347k
Mar 2018£327k£346k
Jun 2018£320k£346k
Sept 2018£325k£345k
Dec 2018£325k£350k
Mar 2019£320k£354k
Jun 2019£320k£355k
Sept 2019£307k£356k
Dec 2019£303k£350k
Mar 2020£300k£355k
Jun 2020£310k£355k
Sept 2020£324k£360k
Dec 2020£342k£380k
Mar 2021£375k£400k
Jun 2021£375k£410k
Sept 2021£370k£405k
Dec 2021£355k£400k
Mar 2022£349k£390k
Jun 2022£335k£388k
Sept 2022£350k£410k
Dec 2022£360k£425k
Mar 2023£380k£429k
Jun 2023£385k£425k
Sept 2023£375k£420k
Dec 2023£377k£415k
Mar 2024£375k£410k
Jun 2024£360k£410k
Sept 2024£380k£410k
Dec 2024£364k£410k
Mar 2025£353k£412k
Jun 2025£352k£410k
Sept 2025£350k£410k
Dec 2025£350k£413k
Feb 2026£355k£415k

245 homes sold in Kemp Town in the 12 months to February 2026, 8% below Kemp Town's five-year norm of 267 a year

Brighton and Hove is 11% below its own five-year norm

Homes sold over time (12-month windows ending each quarter)
Window endsKemp Town
Mar 2016422
Jun 2016389
Sept 2016338
Dec 2016319
Mar 2017266
Jun 2017294
Sept 2017328
Dec 2017344
Mar 2018312
Jun 2018300
Sept 2018287
Dec 2018264
Mar 2019272
Jun 2019252
Sept 2019228
Dec 2019228
Mar 2020221
Jun 2020203
Sept 2020206
Dec 2020223
Mar 2021267
Jun 2021368
Sept 2021385
Dec 2021373
Mar 2022346
Jun 2022301
Sept 2022304
Dec 2022313
Mar 2023299
Jun 2023258
Sept 2023237
Dec 2023210
Mar 2024203
Jun 2024204
Sept 2024194
Dec 2024204
Mar 2025236
Jun 2025237
Sept 2025241
Dec 2025250
Feb 2026245

What listings offer

Kemp Town has less parking but more chain-free homes than Brighton and Hove.

Gardens
58%

Gardens in line with Brighton and Hove

58% of listings have a garden; Brighton and Hove: 59%. 104 of 180 listings have a garden. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.
Parking
30%

Less parking than Brighton and Hove

30% of listings have parking or a garage; Brighton and Hove: 38%. 54 of 180 listings have parking or a garage. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.
Chain-free
40%

More chain-free homes than Brighton and Hove

40% of listings are listed as chain-free; Brighton and Hove: 36%. 72 of 180 listings are listed as chain-free. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.

Recent sales in Kemp Town

The newest completed sales registered with HM Land Registry

AddressSoldPrice
18 Southdown Mews · BN2 0TGSemi-detached · FreeholdAug 2026£510,000
51 Bennett Road · BN2 5JLTerraced · FreeholdAug 2026£660,000
25 Charlotte Street · BN2 1AGTerraced · FreeholdAug 2026£655,000
8 Canning Street · BN2 0EFTerraced · FreeholdAug 2026£640,000
32 Rugby Place · BN2 5JATerraced · FreeholdAug 2026£497,000

Current listings worth a look

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How nearby areas compare

Current listings around Kemp Town

AreaFor saleMedian asking
Kemp Town180£400k
Round Hill380£375k
Hollingdean168£340k
Hove1,075£425k
Withdean164£575k
Brighton and Hove2,386£425k
Lancing136£360k
Brighton and Hovebenchmark2,386£425k

Key facts about Kemp Town

  • Rising over the long run, flat over the last year: the median sold price in Kemp Town is up 21% over the last 10 years and broadly flat over the last 12 months.
  • The typical listing asks £25k less than across Brighton and Hove: £400,000 in Kemp Town against £425,000, 6% lower.
  • Sales are running below Kemp Town's five-year norm: 245 homes sold in the 12 months to February 2026, against a norm of 267 a year; 22 homes came onto the market in the last 30 days and 28 left it.

Kemp Town property market: common questions

Where is Kemp Town?

Kemp Town is about 2 miles south-east of central Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex. Figures for Kemp Town cover listings within about 1 km of its centre (the dashed ring on the map), not an official boundary.

What is the average house price in Kemp Town?

The median asking price across the 180 homes for sale in Kemp Town is £400,000 (as of 5 October 2026). We quote the median (the middle listing) rather than a mean, because a handful of very expensive homes would pull a mean upwards. Half of listings ask between £275,000 and £600,000. That is 6% below Brighton and Hove. Homes that actually sold in Kemp Town went for a median £355,000 (Land Registry, 12 months to February 2026).

Are house prices in Kemp Town rising or falling?

Rising over the long run, flat over the last year. Based on HM Land Registry completed sales, the median sold price in Kemp Town is up 21% over the last 10 years and broadly flat over the last 12 months (12 months to February 2026). These medians compare the homes that happened to sell in each window, so they mix price movement with changes in what sold.

Is Kemp Town cheaper than Brighton and Hove?

Yes: asking prices in Kemp Town are typically lower than across Brighton and Hove. The median asking price in Kemp Town is £400,000 against £425k across Brighton and Hove: 6% below Brighton and Hove. Some of that gap reflects what is for sale in each place rather than like-for-like value. The top end of the market prices close to Brighton and Hove's.

How many homes are for sale in Kemp Town?

180 homes are on the market in Kemp Town right now, broadly unchanged since 1 Sept, 22 of them listed in the last 30 days. Perch counts every listing it tracks across estate agents and portals, refreshed daily.

Are house prices being cut in Kemp Town?

23 listings in Kemp Town had their asking price reduced in the last 30 days, about 13% of the homes currently for sale.

How long are homes on the market in Kemp Town?

Of the Kemp Town listings that came off the market in the last 30 days and that we first saw after we began tracking the area, the typical one had been advertised for 79 days. Coming off the market usually means sold subject to contract, but it can also mean withdrawn, so treat this as time advertised rather than time to sell.

How much do flats and houses cost in Kemp Town?

The median asking price for a flat in Kemp Town is £300,000. Houses are quoted by type rather than as one figure, because the mix moves the number more than the market does: the largest group on the market is terraced houses, at a median £687,500 across 32 listings. The Prices by property type chart on this page covers every type we track.

How much is a two-bedroom flat in Kemp Town?

The median asking price for a two-bedroom flat in Kemp Town is £350,000, across 59 current listings.

How much is a three-bedroom house in Kemp Town?

There is no single three-bedroom house price: the largest group of three-bedroom houses for sale in Kemp Town is terraced houses, at a median asking price of £575,000 across 11 listings. The Size × type view on this page covers every combination we track.

What is the price per square foot in Kemp Town?

In Kemp Town, homes that sold went for a median £487 per sq ft (HM Land Registry and EPC data), and current listings with a known floor area ask a median £473 per sq ft.

How these numbers are made

  • Asking figures: Current listings we track across estate agents and portals (180 in Kemp Town), refreshed daily, as of 5 October 2026. We quote medians, never means, and suppress anything based on fewer than 5 listings. Figures for Kemp Town cover listings within about 1 km of its centre (the dashed ring on the map), not an official boundary.
  • Off market and time listed: Off-market counts include only listings confirmed off the market after a short grace period; "typical time listed" is time advertised, not time to sell. We have tracked Kemp Town since November 2025.
  • Brighton and Hove comparisons: The same daily snapshot taken across the whole of Brighton and Hove, so both sides of every comparison share one basis. Where a comparison spans all property types, some of the gap reflects what is for sale here.
  • Sold figures: HM Land Registry price paid data. Sold prices and sales counts cover the 12 months to February 2026; sold price per square foot covers the 12 months to August 2026, with floor areas from EPC certificates (the two run on different pipelines, and the latest months are left out while sales are still being registered). England and Wales; new-builds and non-standard transactions excluded.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales © Crown copyright.