Welcome to the 31st 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 Walker-Vass, as we unpack the key headlines from the 31st week of 2025, ending Sunday, 10th August 2025.
🔍 Key Market Stats – Week 31 of 2025
✅ Listings (New to Market)
32.7k new listings this week (down from 33.7k last week).
2025 weekly average : 36.7k
YTD listings are 3.7% higher than 2024 YTD and 7% above the 2017–19 YTD average (1.137m YTD vs 1.096m in 2024 YTD).
✅ Price Reductions
21.8k reductions this week (down from 22.7k last week).
That’s still only 1 in 7.1 homes 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
25k homes sold STC this week (down from 26.9k last week)
2025 weekly average : 26.5k
YTD agreed sales:
- 7.1% up on 2024 (821k vs 767k)
- 14.3% up on pre-Covid average of 718k (2017–19).
✅ Sell-Through Rate (July, in arrears)
15.4% of properties on agent’s books went SSTC in July.
Up from 15.3% in June. 16.1% in May
2024 monthly average: 15.3%
8-year overall average: 17.9%.
✅ Sale Fall-Throughs
6,027 fall-throughs last week (from a 512k SSTC pipeline (units)).
Weekly average for 2025: 6,255
Fall-thru rate as % of gross sales: 24.4% (down from 23.6% last week).
The 9-year long-term average of 24.2% (post-Truss chaos saw that at levels of 40%+).
✅ Net Sales
19k net sales this week (down from 20.6k last week)
Weekly average for 2025: 20.2k
YTD Net Sales:
- 608k in 2025 which is 5.8% ahead of 2024 YTD figure of 574k and 10.6% up on 2017–19 YTD (551k).
✅ % Chance the Home will Sell
July stats showed 51.2% 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 48.8% left Estate Agent books, unsold and homeowner staying in their home.
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 2024 – £1,863 pcm)
(YTD 2025 average is £1767 pcm).
✅ Local Focus: Watford
 Why Should you Watch the Show?
Estate Agents, this show is designed for you.
From understanding the big picture market trends to translating them into actionable insights for your business, the Stat Show is your weekly must-watch.
Remember, in the survey of 10,000 homeowners last year with the Property Academy, 36% of homeowners chose their estate agent based on the estate agent’s property market knowledge. This show and graphs will help you.
Read the orginal article: https://propertyindustryeye.com/whats-happening-in-the-uk-property-market-this-week-11/
