UK Property Market Weekly Update - Week 35, 2025
Welcome to the 35th UK Property Market Stats Show of 2025, your weekly YouTube ‘TV programme’ on the UK housing market.
This week, I’m joined by Kristian Stott as we unpack the key headlines from Week 35 (ending Sunday 7th September 2025).
▶️ Watch on YouTube:
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🎧 Listen on iTunes Podcast
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🔍 Key Market Headlines – Week 35, 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.
✅ Local Focus on the Show:
Bedford
Welcome to the 35th UK Property Market Stats Show of 2025, your weekly YouTube ‘TV programme’ on the UK housing market.
This week, I’m joined by Kristian Stott as we unpack the key headlines from Week 35 (ending Sunday 7th September 2025).
▶️ Watch on YouTube:
https://lnkd.in/e6H6X8GT
🎧 Listen on iTunes Podcast
https://lnkd.in/eF3y94aX
🔍 Key Market Headlines – Week 35, 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.
✅ Local Focus on the Show:
Bedford
