
UK Property Market Stats Show - Week 5 2026 - Ep.2474
Letting & Estate Agent Podcast
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UK Property Market Update
The headlines for the 5th week of the 2026 UK Property Market (week ending Sun 8th February 2026)
đŠ Listings - Strongâ¨170k new properties have come onto the market YTD , 1% ahead of 2025, 12% above 2024, and 24% higher than the 2017â19 average.
đŠ Gross Sales - Strongâ¨114k UK homes sold STC YTD , 15% higher than 2024 and 23% above pre Covid norms.
đŠ Net Sales - Strongâ¨87k UK net home sales YTD (Gross sales less Fall Thrus) running 15% ahead of 2024, 33% ahead of 2023 and 19% above the 2017â19 average.
đŠ Overvaluing - Awful
47% of the homes that left UK Estate Agents books in January were withdrawn unsold. Main cause - blatant overvaluing supported by long sole agency agreements of 20+ weeks.
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The YouTube Show
The YouTube âUK Property Market Stats Showâ for the week ending Sunday 8th February 2026 (week 5) with the brilliant Alice Bullard of Nested
https://youtu.be/E3iv-jQ8u2o
Detailed Breakdown âŚ
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New Listings
⢠36.9k new properties came onto market this week in week 5, up from 36.6k last week.
⢠2025 weekly average: 30.6k.
⢠10-year week 5 average : 33.4k
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Price Reductions
⢠21k reductions this week
⢠12.2% of resi homes for sale were reduced in January. Jan 25 - 12.8%. Jan 24 - 11.1%
⢠2025 average was 12.8%, versus the 5-year long-term average of 10.74%.
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Sales Agreed
⢠25.4k homes sold stc this week 5, slightly down as expected from 26k last week.
⢠Week 5 average (for last 10 years) : 24.8k
⢠2026 weekly average : 22.2k.
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Price Difference between Listings & Sales
⢠19.7% difference (long term 10 year average is 16% to 17%). (£425k ave Listing Ave Asking price vs £366k Sale Agreed ave Asking price)
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Sell-Through Rate
⢠13.6% of homes on agentsâ books went SSTC in January â26. (Jan â25 - 15% / Jan â24 - 13.9%)
⢠Pre-Covid average: 15.5%.
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Fall-Throughs
⢠5,468 fall-throughs last week (pipeline of 423k home Sold STC).
⢠Weekly average for 2025: 6,100.
⢠Fall-through rate: 21.5%, slightly up from 20.5% last week.
⢠Long-term average: 24.2% (post-Truss chaos saw levels exceed 40%).
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Net Sales
⢠20k Net sales, down slightly from 20.7k last week
⢠Ten-year Week 5 average: 19.7k.
⢠Weekly average for 2026: 17.4k.
⢠Weekly average for the whole of 2025: 19.2k.
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Probability of Selling (% that Exchange vs withdrawal)
⢠Jan â26 Stats : 53% of homes that left agentsâ books exchanged & completed in Jan. (Note this figure will change throughout the month as more Feb stats come in).
⢠December 60.2% / November 55.2% / October 53.3% / September: 53.1% / August :55.8% / July: 50.9% / June: 51.3% / May: 51.7% / April: 53.2%.
⢠Jan 25: 54.3% / Jan 24: 50.7% / Jan 23: 54.4% / Jan 22: 68.6%
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Stock Levels
⢠663k homes on the market on the 1st of February â26. (660k - Jan 25)
⢠422k homes in agentâs sales pipeline on the 1st Feb 2026, slightly lower than 12 months ago on 1st Feb â25 (433k).
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House Prices (ÂŁ/sq.ft)
⢠January â26 agreed sales averaged ÂŁ340.73 per sq.ft. 0.63% higher than 12 months ago (ÂŁ338.59) and 16% than 5 years ago (ÂŁ293.54). The ÂŁ/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.
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Ashford (Kent)
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