The market is moving, it just isn't rushing: Worthing, July 2026

Walk down Madeira Avenue this morning, or past the terraces on Park Road, and you would be forgiven for thinking nothing much is happening. Look a bit closer and something more interesting is going on.

While the national headlines do their usual routine about booms and crashes, Worthing is quietly doing something else. This is a market that rewards people who take their time.

My call for the rest of 2026 is that we are in the era of the sensible move. The frantic bidding war before you have finished your coffee is over. What has replaced it is slower, calmer and honestly a lot more pleasant to work in.

The view from the doorstep

Picture a couple looking at a flat near Liverpool Gardens, or a family working out whether a house on Mill Road has room for a second child. Nobody is rushing them.

There are 508 homes for sale across BN11 right now, and around 37 of them sell each month. Far more homes on the market than there are buyers ready to commit. That is what a buyer''s market means in plain English. Buyers have choice, they have time and they have room to negotiate.

Asking price and sold price are two different numbers

Here is the bit of local data everyone asks me about. The average asking price in BN11 is currently £293,011. The average sold price is £276,976. A gap of £16,035, or about 5.8%.

The easy read is that sellers are being unrealistic. I don''t think that is what the number is telling us.

That average is really two different pools of homes mixed together. There are homes that were priced correctly from day one, properly photographed, written up like somebody actually lived there. Those tend to go close to asking, and quickly. Then there is everything else. Overpriced, badly presented, sitting there for months, chipped down by a buyer who knows exactly how long it has been on Rightmove. The second pool is what drags the average down.

So the 5.8% is not a discount you should budget for. It is the price of getting the first six weeks wrong.

If you are selling, that means the number you launch at matters more than almost anything else you will decide. If you are buying, it means the homes that have been sitting a while are where your negotiating room is, and the fresh, well-presented ones are where it isn''t.

Bricks, mortar and time

It is easy to get pulled into the month to month chatter. Homes are a long game.

Go back seven years to 2019 and the average BN11 home sold for £271,397. Today it is £276,976. That is £5,579 of growth, or 2.1%.

I am not going to dress that up as a windfall. It is slow, and set against the last few years of inflation it is close to flat in real terms. What it does show is that this postcode held its ground through a genuinely turbulent stretch, which is more than a lot of places managed. If you bought here to live rather than to trade, that is the number that matters.

What this means for you

Whether you are tucked away off Chesswood Road or right in the middle of town, the message is the same. The market is moving, it just isn''t rushing.

If you are selling, your home is worth having and it has held its value, but you need an honest figure based on what is actually selling in Worthing right now, not what your neighbour was hoping for in 2022. Get that right and you are one of the 37 crossing the finish line each month rather than one of the 508 still waiting.

If you are buying, you have more room than you have had in years. Use it on the right home.

If you would like an honest steer on what your home would actually sell for in today''s Worthing market, get in touch and I''ll come and take a proper look.

Quick answers: Worthing property market, July 2026

Is Worthing a buyer''s market in July 2026?

Yes. With 508 homes for sale across BN11 and around 37 selling each month, buyers have more choice and more negotiating room than they have had in years.

What is the average house price in Worthing (BN11) right now?

The average asking price is £293,011 and the average sold price is £276,976, a gap of about 5.8%. Well-priced, well-presented homes tend to sell close to asking.

How many homes sell in BN11 each month?

Around 37 homes complete each month in BN11, against 508 currently on the market.

Have Worthing house prices gone up?

Modestly. The average BN11 home has risen from £271,397 in 2019 to £276,976 today, up £5,579 or 2.1% over seven years.