How many homes were listed in 2025

8th January 2026

The number of homes placed for sale rose marginally in 2025 but so did fall-throughs, Propertymark analysis shows.

Analysis by the estate agency trade body shows the number of properties listed for sale across the UK for the period between January to December 2025 stood at 1,649,316 while the average exchange price of a property during the same month was £365,179.

In contrast, the average number of properties sold in the UK for the period between January to December 2024 was 1,614,120 with an average exchange price of a property sold during the same period was £361,501.

 

This constitutes an increase of 35,196 in the number of properties placed for sale across the UK.

For 2025, the highest average monthly price for a property at the point of exchange was in November with a price of £372,968, while the month with the highest number of properties newly placed for sale was May, with 162,031 homes freshly put on the market.

The month with the lowest average exchange price was July for which the figure sat at £356,475 and the month with the lowest number of properties placed for sale was December with only 79,134 properties being newly instructed.

Throughout 2025, the average number of property transactions that fell through between January to December 2025 was 250,092, and the average price of a fallen through property for the year was £365,949.

The additional number of fallen through transactions for 2025 is 9,411, which represents an increase of 3.9% year on year.

For 2025, the highest number of property transactions falling through occurred in July, with 28,261property transactions failing to complete during that time.

The month with the lowest number of property transactions falling through in 2025 was December where 14,398property transactions stalled, and the average price for a property in that month was £358,502.

Nathan Emerson, chief executive at Propertymark, said: “Despite a myriad of challenges, 2025 has proven progressive for the housing market. We have witnessed inflation track downward to 3.2% and four base rate cuts throughout the year, all of which will contribute towards enhanced consumer confidence and affordability.

“There have been occurrences throughout the year however which have brought market instability, such as the lead up to Stamp Duty threshold changes last April across England and Northern Ireland, and on the lead up to the Autumn Budget where we witnessed people take a deliberated view until fiscal plans for the forthcoming year were clear.

“The housing market continues to provide a substantial contribution towards wider economic growth, and it is vital that the UK Government and the devolved administrations remain switched on regarding all ambitions to meet their respective home building targets.

“Although 2025 has been a year of transition, we now sit in a much healthier position that only twelve months ago, with the housing market displaying strong potential for the forthcoming year ahead.”