UK Property Market Stats Show - Week 9 2026 - Ep.2496

UK Property Market Update The headlines for the 9th week of the 2026 UK Property Market (week ending Sun 8th March 2026) 🟩 Listings YTD 
322k new properties have come onto the market YTD , 1% ahead of 2025, 9% above 2024, and 20% higher than the 2017–19 average. 🟩 Gross Sales YTD 
219k UK homes sold STC YTD , 5.7% lower than 2025, 9% higher than 2024 and 18% above pre Covid norms. 🟩 Net Sales YTD 
171k UK net home sales YTD (Net Sales being Gross sales less Fall Thrus). 4.5% lower than 2025, 8.6% ahead of 2024, 25.3% ahead of 2023 and 15% above the 2017–19 average. 🟥 Overvaluing 47.5% of the homes that left UK Estate Agents books in February were withdrawn unsold. Main cause - blatant overvaluing supported by long sole agency agreements of 20+ weeks.     ✅ The YouTube Show   The YouTube  ‘UK Property Market Stats Show’ for the week ending Sunday, 8th March 2026 (week 9) with Kristian Stott.   https://youtu.be/t_2U1ABPxZA Detailed Breakdown …   ✅ New Listings   •           40.2k new properties came onto market this week (up as expected & inline with wk 9 long term trends) from 36.8k last week. •           2025 weekly average: 30.6k. •           10-year week 9 average : 35.3k   ✅ Price Reductions   •           25.5k reductions this week, up from 20.9k last week •           11.4% of resi homes for sale were reduced in February. Feb 25 - 12%. Feb 24 - 11.5% •           2025 average was 12.8%, versus the 6-year long-term average of 10.7%.   ✅ Sales Agreed   •           25.6k homes sold stc this week 9, down slightly from 26.6k last week. •           Week 9 average (for last 10 years) : 25.9k •           2026 weekly average : 24.2k.   ✅ Price Difference between Listings & Sales •           21.6% difference (long term 10 year average is 16% to 17%). (£439k ave Listing Ave Asking price vs £361k Sale Agreed ave Asking price)     ✅ Sell-Through Rate   •           15.4% of homes on agents’ books went SSTC in February ’26. (Feb ’25 - 16.1% / Feb ’24 - 16.7%) •           Pre-Covid average: 15.5%.   ✅ Fall-Throughs   •           5,516 fall-throughs last week (pipeline of 434k home Sold STC). •           Weekly average for 2025: 6,100. •           Fall-through rate (Fall thru expressed as a % of the Gross sales that week): 21.5%, down from 19.9% last week. •           Long-term average: 24.2% (post-Truss chaos saw levels exceed 40%). •           4.9% of all the sales agreed in Estate Agent’s Sales pipelines fell thru in February 2026. 2025 average - 5.3% & 10 year average - 5.8%).   ✅ Net Sales   •           20k Net Sales, up slightly from 21.3k last week •           Ten-year Week 9 average: 20.7k. •           Weekly average for 2026: 19k. •           Weekly average for the whole of 2025: 18.8k. ✅ Probability of Selling (% that Exchange vs withdrawal)   •           Feb ’26 Stats : 52.5% of homes that left agents’ books exchanged & completed in Feb. (Note this figure will change throughout the month as more Feb stats come in). •    57.6% is the 7 year average (which includes the crazy years post lockdown 18 months) ✅ House Prices (£/sq.ft)   •          February ’26 agreed sales averaged £343.36 per sq.ft. 2.3% higher than 12 months ago (£335.63) and 18.2% than 5 years ago (£290.43). The £/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. ✅ Stock Levels   •           682k homes on the market on the 1st of March ’26. (675k - 1st March 25) •           434k homes in agent’s sales pipeline on the 1st March 2026, slightly lower than 12 months ago on 1st March ’25 (444k). ✅ UK Rental Data •           Average Rent in Feb 2026 - £1,711 pcm (£1,745 in Feb 25) •           305k UK Rental Stock available to rent in Feb 26 (310k in Feb 2025)   ✅ Local Focus Winchester