
Phillip James lets and manages properties across Brunswick, Central Hove, the Hove seafront, Aldrington, and every street in BN3.
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More on Rent GuaranteeTypical for 2-bed homes · gross yield across Hove ~5.4% · updated 5 June 2026
“We have been using Phillip James Lettings since 2008 to help us with 2 flats we rent out. Prior to that we used a couple of the bigger names out there but I'm so glad we made the change — and stuck to it!”
“As a private landlord of a house in the Preston Park area of Brighton, it was refreshing to deal with such a professional and knowledgeable letting agent.”
“The service they give is friendly, super helpful and personal — and that goes for our tenants as well. Having had some very rude and brusque treatment from various lettings companies when I was a renter, this was important to me as I didn't want people renting from us to feel as I had back then.”
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Get a valuationThe Hove market has moved steadily through late spring, with smaller properties letting noticeably faster than larger homes. Studios are letting around a fortnight at £925 a month, one-beds in around a week at £1,250, and two-beds in about a fortnight at £1,700. Three-beds take about a month at £2,250, while four-bedroom properties and above are spending considerably longer on the market — often two months or more — reflecting thinner demand at that end as we head into summer.
The market remains heavily flat-led, with compact homes dominating availability. Larger houses are scarcer but quieter when they do appear, a typical pattern for this time of year before the busier summer moving period. Activity has been consistent rather than particularly brisk.
For investors looking at buy-to-let, gross yields on flat stock are running around 6%, with terraced and semi-detached houses closer to 4%.
Updated by Phillip James on the 29th of May, 2026.
Studio
1-bed
2-bed
3-bed
4-bed
5+ bed
Demand
Strong
Tenant demand is consistently high across BN3
Estimated gross yield
5.38%
Blended across local property types
About this data
These figures describe the Hove rental market— typical (median) rents by bedroom, how long homes are taking to let, overall demand, and an estimated gross yield. Rents and days-to-let are drawn from current and recently-let comparable listings in the area; we use medians rather than averages, so a handful of unusual listings don’t distort the picture. Gross yield is a year’s rent against the typical recent sale price for the same property type, matched by bedroom count (the Land Registry doesn’t record bedrooms), with the headline figure blended across property types by their share of the local rental market. Sale prices are from HM Land Registry Price Paid. Figures are current as of June 2026 and refreshed regularly — all are indicative, and individual properties vary.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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