Brighton Beach home prices and affordability, 2019 to 2025
Brighton Beach home prices rose about 26% from 2019 to 2025, and with higher mortgage rates, buying the average home here now takes $1,424 more a month.
How prices moved
Brighton Beach rose about as much as Brooklyn
On our own index, Brighton Beach home prices rose 26% from 2019 to 2025, against 22% for Brooklyn as a whole, and we rate it medium confidence.
The average sale rose by about the same, from $693,683 to $793,410. Our own index and the average sale measure different things, so in other neighborhoods they can tell different stories.
See Brooklyn home prices by neighborhoodWhat it costs to buy now
$1,424 more a month than in 2019
With 20% down on the average sale, the monthly mortgage payment went from $2,630 in 2019 to $4,054 in 2025. Higher prices added $444, and the higher mortgage rate, 6.60% against 3.94% added $980.
The 20% down payment grew from $138,737 to $158,682.
Compare the neighborhoods next door
Brighton Beach
- Prices since 2019
- +26%
- Payment in 2025
- $4,054
- Rise a month
- +$1,424
- Prices since 2019
- +14%
- Payment in 2025
- $4,481
- Rise a month
- +$1,405
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Prices since 2019
- +22%
- Payment in 2025
- $4,875
- Rise a month
- +$1,830
Gravesend (East)-Homecrestlow confidence
- Prices since 2019
- +45%
- Payment in 2025
- $10,343
- Rise a month
- +$5,385
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Questions about Brighton Beach
How much have Brighton Beach home prices changed since 2019?
On our own index, Brighton Beach home prices rose about 26% from 2019 to 2025, against about 22% for Brooklyn as a whole. We rate the figure medium confidence. The average sale went from $693,683 to $793,410.
How much does it cost to buy a home in Brighton Beach?
The average Brighton Beach home sold for $793,410 in 2025. With 20% down, $158,682, and a 30-year fixed loan at 6.60%, the monthly mortgage payment comes to $4,054 before taxes and insurance.
What income do you need to buy in Brighton Beach?
About $162,000 a year for the average Brighton Beach home, by a common rule of thumb that keeps the monthly mortgage payment at 30% of gross income. The same rule gave $105,000 in 2019. Lenders apply their own tests, and taxes and insurance come on top of the payment.
How much has the monthly mortgage payment in Brighton Beach changed since 2019?
The monthly mortgage payment on the average Brighton Beach home rose $1,424, from $2,630 in 2019 to $4,054 in 2025. Higher prices added $444, and the higher mortgage rate, 3.94% to 6.60%, added $980.
How does Brighton Beach compare with Brooklyn?
The monthly mortgage payment on the average Brighton Beach home was $4,054 in 2025, lower than the $7,397 on the average Brooklyn home. Since 2019 it rose $1,424, and Brooklyn’s rose $3,205.
What does the full cost to own a home add?
Property tax, insurance, HOA dues and upkeep come on top of the monthly mortgage payment shown here. A free account’s Cost to Own adds them up for a specific home, and three homes a month are free.
Home prices: our own index from NYC Department of Finance sales, 2019 to 2025. Monthly mortgage payment is principal and interest on the average sale with 20% down and a 30-year fixed loan, at each year’s average Freddie Mac rate (3.94% in 2019, 6.60% in 2025); taxes and insurance are not included. Sales: NYC Department of Finance.