UK Property Market Stats Show - Week 23 2026 - Ep.2570

Your Weekly UK Property Market Update 🟩   Listings Week 23 .. 36.5k new listings this week, (38.9k last week). Weekly 2026 average : 37.3k.  10 year week 23 average : 35.8k  Year to Date 859k new listings YTD   0.3% ahead of 2025 YTD (856k) 5.4% ahead of 2024 YTD (815k) 14% higher than the 2017–19 average YTD (751k).       🟩  UK Gross Resi Sales Week 23 .. 25.1k homes sold stc this week 22 (25.6k last week)   10 year week 23 average : 25.9k 2026 weekly average : 24.8k. Year to Date for house sales  572k UK homes sold stc YTD 6% lower than 2025 YTD (608k) Yet still Gross Sales are still … 1.7% higher than 2024 YTD (562k) 11.9% higher than 2023 YTD (511k) 9% higher above pre Covid 2017-19 years (524k). 🟩 UK Net Resi Sales YTD  (Net Sales being Gross Sales less Sale Fall Thrus).  Week 23 19.2k Net Sales (19.7k last week)  10 year Week 23 average: 19.7k. Weekly average for 2026: 19.4k.  Year to Date 446k UK net home sales YTD  4.3% lower than 2025 (466k),  1.6% ahead of 2024 (439k),  12.5% ahead of 2023 (395k) 6.6% above the 2017–19 average (418k).      🟩   Exchanges •           May 2026 – 76.6k Exchanges – note this figure will increase throughout June as more May exchanges come thru the system  •           365k UK Exchanges YTD to end of May 2026. 5.5% lower than Jan to May 2025, when it was 386k.   NB. There were more exchanges in Q1 2025 because of the stamp duty holiday which finished in April 2025. 🟥 Want more in-depth analysis on these stats ?? Watch this week’s episode of the ‘UK Property Market Stats Show’ with Kristian Stott here … https://youtu.be/csXbQHdOLyc Additional info …  🟥 Price Reductions •           27.1k reductions this week on a 747k UK homes for sale •           13.4% of UK homes for sale were reduced in May. •           2025 average 12.8%, versus the 6-year long-term average of 10.7%. 🟥   Withdrawals •           May 2026 - 64k Withdrawals  – again, this figure will increase as more May withdrawals come thru the system throughout June •           That means that 45.5% of all homes that left UK Estate Agent books in May went unsold. 🟥 Price Difference between Asking Price of Listings & Asking Price of those Homes that go Sold stc •          16% difference (long term 10 year average is 16% to 17%).  (£441k ave Listing Ave Asking price vs £381k Sale Agreed ave Asking price) 🟥 Sell-Through Rate  •           14.6% of homes on agents’ books went SSTC in May ’26.  •           Pre-Covid average: 15.5%. 🟥 Sale Fall-Thrus •        Fall-thru rate 23.6% •        Decade average: 24.5% •        5.05% of homes sold STC fell thru in May 2026, below both the 2025 average of 5.3% and the 10 year average of 5.8%. (May figures to follow next week) 🟥 Probability of Selling (% that Exchange vs withdrawal) •           May 2026  Stats : 54.5% of homes that left agents’ books exchanged & completed in May. (Note this figure will change throughout the month as more May stats come in).  •     57.6% is the 7 year average (which includes the crazy years post lockdown 18 months).  🟥 Stock Levels  •          747k homes on the market on the 1st of June ’26. •          472k homes in agent’s sales pipeline on the 1st June 2026, slightly lower than 12 months ago on 1st June ’25 (474k). 🟥 House Prices (£/sq.ft) •          May ’26  agreed sales averaged £349.64 per sq.ft. 1.9% higher than 12 months ago (£342.87) and 13.2% than 5 years ago (£308.94).  The £/sqft at sale agreed matches the HM Land Registry Index with a 98% accuracy, 5 months in advance. That is why it is so important. 🟥 UK Rental Data  •          Average Rent in Wk 23 – £1,818 pcm  •           Average Rent in May 2026 – £1,785 pcm (£1,779 in May 25) •           Average Rent in YTD 2026 – £1,744 pcm  •           305k UK Rental Stock available to rent in May 26 (311k in May 2025) 🟥 Local Focus this week in the Show Bolton