Rent increases in Brighton and Hove
The average rent in Brighton and Hove is £1,809 a month, down 1.0% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,190 | -0.7% |
| Two bedrooms | £1,518 | -0.8% |
| Three bedrooms | £1,797 | -0.7% |
| Four or more | £2,480 | -1.5% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £2,220 | -1.6% |
| Flats | £1,381 | -0.9% |
| Semi-detached houses | £2,023 | -1.0% |
| Terraced houses | £1,987 | -1.0% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 17 published decisions for Brighton and Hove where the tribunal set a rent. In 10 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2024/062013 February 2025 | BN1 | 1-bed flat | £1,200 | £840 | -30.0% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2024/062530 December 2024 | BN1 | 0-bed flat | £950 | £950 | 0.0% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2025/06066 March 2025 | BN1 | — | £1,050 | £920 | -12.4% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2025/06367 May 2025 | BN3 | — | £1,250 | £650 | -48.0% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2025/067616 June 2025 | BN2 | 2-bed terraced | £1,200 | £1,200 | 0.0% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2025/068330 June 2025 | BN41 | 2-bed flat | £1,400 | £1,300 | -7.1% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2025/07579 October 2025 | BN1 | detached | £2,200 | £2,100 | -4.5% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2026/00688 June 2026 | BN3 | 3-bed semi detached | £1,700 | £1,700 | 0.0% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2026/01685 August 2026 | BN2 | flat | £990 | £930 | -6.1% |
| HAV/00ML/MNR/2026/01845 August 2026 | BN1 | flat | £1,710 | £1,435 | -16.1% |
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Check your rentRents from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. Decisions published by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and placed in this area by the postcode on the decision — a small number carry no postcode we can resolve and are not counted here.