The UK Property Market Update for Week 43 of 2025

 New Listings 

  • 27.5k new properties came to market this week, down as expected from 29.3k last week.
  • 2025 weekly average: 35.6k.
  • Nine year week 43 average :29.1k
  • Year-to-date (YTD): 1.53m new listings, 1.5% higher than 2024 YTD (1.51m) and 9.1% above the 2017–19 average (1.40m)

 Price Reductions

  • 18.3k reductions this week, lower as expected, than last week’s at 21.3k.
  • Increase in the number of homes on the market being reduced in September to 14.1% (these stats are always done a month in arrears). In August, it was 11.1% (everyone must have been on holiday!), whilst it was 14.1% in July and 14% in June. (October figures to follow next week)
  • 2025 average so far: 13.2%, versus the five-year long-term average of 10.74%.

 Sales Agreed

  • 23.5k homes sold subject to contract this week, down as expected from 24.2k last week.
  • Week 43 average (for last 9 years) :23.8k
  • 2025 weekly average : 26k.
  • YTD: 1.116m gross sales, which is 4.2% ahead of 2024 (1.071m) and 12.5% above the 2017–19 average (992k).

 Price Diff between Listings & Sales

  • Average Asking Price of listings last week £398k vs Average asking price of Sales Agreed (SSTC)– £358k  – a 11.2% difference (long term 9 year average is 16% to 17%)
  • The average listing price has dropped from £452k in Sept to £415k in October.. ie fewer expensive homes being listed

 Sell-Through Rate 

  • 14.1% of homes on agents’ books went SSTC in September. (October figures to follow in November)
  • Down from 14.5% in Aug, 15.4% in July, 15.3% in June, and 16.1% in May.
  • Pre-Covid average: 15.5%.

 Fall-Throughs

  • 5,278 fall-throughs last week (pipeline of 510k home Sold STC).
  • Weekly average for 2025: 6,181.
  • Fall-through rate: 24.2%, slightly down from 24.3% last week.
  • Long-term average: 24.2% (post-Truss chaos saw levels exceed 40%).

 Net Sales 

  • 18.2k net sales this week, down (as expected) from 18.3k last week.
  • Nine-year Week 43 average: 17.9k.
  • Weekly average for 2025: 19.8k.
  • YTD: 850k, which is 3.6% ahead of 2024 (821k) and 9.5% above 2017–19 (776k).

If you would like to chat about our local property market, feel free to drop us a line on 01462 419329 or email us at info@leysbrook.co.uk.