UK Property Market Update: Week 35, 2025

UK Property Market Update: Week 35, 2025

The latest UK property stats for Week 35 of 2025 show a busy post-Bank Holiday market, with new listings, sales, and prices gaining momentum. Despite fall-throughs and price cuts, performance remains ahead of 2024 and pre-Covid levels, pointing to a positive outlook for autumn.

Check out the UK Property Market stats for week 35 of 2025

New Listings
•       36.8k new homes came to market this week, up from 29.1k last week (post Bank Holiday effect).
•     2025 weekly average: 36.2k.
•       Year-to-date (YTD): 1.27m new listings, 3.3% higher than 2024 YTD and 10.7% above the 2017–19 average.
 
Price Reductions
•        25.7k reductions this week, up from 17.5k last week.
•       Only 11.1% of homes were reduced in August, compared with 14.1% in July and 14% in June.
•       2025 average so far: 13.1%, versus the five-year long-term average of 10.7%.
 
Sales Agreed
•       24.9k homes sold subject to contract this week, up from 21.3k last week.
•       Weekly average for 2025: 26.2k.
•       YTD: 918k, which is 6.3% ahead of 2024 and 13.7% above the 2017–19 average.
 
Sell-Through Rate 
•        14.5% of homes on agents’ books went SSTC in August.
•        Down from 15.4% in July, 15.3% in June, and 16.1% in May.
•        Pre-Covid average: 15.5%.
 
Fall-Throughs
•         6,408 fall-throughs last week (pipeline of 510k home Sold STC).
•         Weekly average for 2025: 6,212.
•         Fall-through rate: 25.8%, up from 24.1% last week.
•         Long-term average: 24.2% (post-Truss chaos saw levels exceed 40%).
 
Net Sales
•        18.5k net sales this week, up from 16.2k last week.
•         Nine-year Week 35 average: 16.9k.
•         Weekly average for 2025: 20k.
•         YTD: 700k, which is 5.3% ahead of 2024 (665k) and 10.1% above 2017–19 (636k).
 
Probability of Selling (% that Exchange vs withdrawal)
•      Preliminary August: 54.9% of homes that left agents’ books exchanged & completed.
•        July: 50.9% / June: 51.3% / May: 51.7% / April: 53.2%.
 
Stock Levels (1st of Month)
•        763k homes on the market at the start of September, 6.7% higher than Sept 2024.
•          510k homes in pipelines, 3.4% higher than August 2024.
 
House Prices (£/sq.ft)
•         August 2025 agreed sales averaged £338.78 per sq.ft.
•         1.41% higher than August 2024, and 14.25% higher than August 2020.
 
Rental Market (in arrears)
•          August 2025 average rent: £1,828 pcm (vs £1,779 pcm in August 2024).
•          YTD 2025 average: £1,774 pcm.

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