UK Property Market Stats Show - Week 34 2025 - Ep. 2317

UK PROPERTY MARKET WEEKLY UPDATE — Week 34, 2025 Welcome to the 34th UK Property Market Stats Show of 2025 — your go-to weekly YouTube ‘TV Programme’ on the UK property market. This week, I’m joined by Steph Vass, the co-Founder & boss of TAUK, as we unpack the key headlines from the 34th week of 2025, ending Sunday, 31st August 2025 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6JNiBEhq0Ig 🔍 Key Market Stats – Week 34 of 2025 ✅ Listings (New to Market) 29.1k new listings this week (Down as expected from 33.4k last week as it was August Bank Holiday). 2025 weekly average : 36.2k YTD listings are 2.7% higher than 2024 YTD and 7.2% above the 2017–19 YTD average (1.23m YTD vs 1.2m in 2024 YTD) ✅ Price Reductions 17.5k reductions this week (down from 20.3k last week - again Bank Holiday). That’s still only 1 in 7 homes for the month of August on the market being reduced monthly (14.1%) For context: • 14.1% in July, 14% in June & 13.4% in May • 12.1% average in 2024 • Long-term 5-year average: 10.6% ✅ Sales Agreed 21.3k homes sold STC this week (down from last week at 25.3k - again Bank Holiday) 2025 weekly average : 26.2k YTD agreed sales: • 6.1% up on 2024 (893k vs 842k) • 13% up on pre-Covid average of 788k (2017–19) ✅ Sell-Through Rate (July, in arrears) 15.4% of properties on agent’s books went SSTC in July. (August figures to follow next week) Up from 15.3% in June. 16.1% in May 2024 monthly average: 15.3% 8-year overall average: 17.9% ✅ Sale Fall-Throughs 5,149 fall-throughs last week (from a 512k SSTC pipeline (units)). Weekly average for 2025: 6,206 Fall-thru rate as percentage of gross sales: 24.1% (up from 24.3% last week). The 9 year long-term average of 24.2% (post-Truss chaos saw that at levels of 40%+) ✅ Net Sales 16.2k net sales this week (Down from 19.1k last week - again Bank Holiday) Weekly average for 2025: 20k YTD Net Sales: • 682k in 2025 which is 5% ahead of 2024 YTD figure of 649k and 9.8% up on 2017–19 YTD (621k) ✅ % Chance the Home will Sell (month in arrears) July stats showed 50.9% of UK Homes that left the estate agents books in exchanged & completed contracts (ie the agent got paid and the home moved on completion), the remaining 49.1% left Estate Agent books, unsold and homeowner staying in their home. August figures to follow by mid September onwards Comparison Jun - 51.3% May - 51.7% April - 53.2% NB - this July stat will change throughout August as more data comes through. ✅ Stock Levels (For Sale and Sales Pipeline) - 1st of the Month 763k homes on the market at the start of 1st August - 6.7% higher than 1st August 2024 (715k). 512k homes in Estate Agents sales pipelines on 1st August - 4% higher than than 1st August 2024 ✅ House Prices (measured by £/sq.ft) £344.78/sqft on Sales Agreed in July 2025 - 1.97% higher than July 2024 and 3.85% higher than July 2022. ✅ Rental Stats (in arrears) July 2025 with an average rent of £1,876 pcm (July ’24 - £1,863 pcm) (YTD 2025 average is £1767 pcm). ✅ Local Focus: Stoke-on-Trent Graphs for downloading https://we.tl/t-cCMlgulyvf