Auction activity remained resilient over the summer, with national figures showing year-on-year growth in both volumes and values.
July’s auctions alone saw over 4,500 lots offered, up 3.6% on last year, and raising £662.4 million, an increase of 8.3%, the latest data provided by the Essential Information Group (EIG) confirms.
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EIG’s David Sandeman said: “Residential property was the standout sector, with lots offered up 4.2% and receipts up 13.5%, reflecting sustained buyer demand. Commercial, however, showed a more mixed picture: lots sold were down 9.2% year-on-year in July and receipts fell nearly 10%, underlining a more cautious mood among investors in that sector.
“Even so, several regions including the East Midlands, North-West, North-West Home Counties, and Yorkshire & The Humber reported double-digit gains in total raised, highlighting a robust appetite in key markets despite varying local trends.”
National Auction Analysis
Overall
N.B. Figures in brackets denote the comparative period last year
| July 2025 | May 2025 to July 2025 | August 2024 to July 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 4,532 (4,372) | ▲ 3.7% | 11,300 (11,256) | ▲ 0.4% | 40,082 (38,657) | ▲ 3.7% |
| Lots Sold | 3,140 (3,117) | ▲ 0.7% | 7,787 (8,086) | ▼ 3.7% | 27,960 (27,507) | ▲ 1.6% |
| Percent Sold | 69.3% (71.3%) | ▼ 2.8% | 68.9% (71.8%) | ▼ 4.0% | 69.8% (71.2%) | ▼ 2.0% |
| Total Raised | £663.2M (£611.6M) | ▲ 8.4% | £1,596.6M (£1,587.3M) | ▲ 0.6% | £5,633.5M (£5,288.0M) | ▲ 6.5% |
Residential
N.B. Figures in brackets denote the comparative period last year
| July 2025 | May 2025 to July 2025 | August 2024 to July 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 4,017 (3,854) | ▲ 4.2% | 10,042 (9,935) | ▲ 1.1% | 35,515 (34,101) | ▲ 4.1% |
| Lots Sold | 2,796 (2,738) | ▲ 2.1% | 6,931 (7,133) | ▼ 2.8% | 24,805 (24,332) | ▲ 1.9% |
| Percent Sold | 69.6% (71.0%) | ▼ 2.0% | 69.0% (71.8%) | ▼ 3.9% | 69.8% (71.4%) | ▼ 2.2% |
| Total Raised | £541.2M (£476.4M) | ▲ 13.6% | £1,306.7M (£1,239.7M) | ▲ 5.4% | £4,568.2M (£4,162.2M) | ▲ 9.8% |
Commercial
N.B. Figures in brackets denote the comparative period last year
| July 2025 | May 2025 to July 2025 | August 2024 to July 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 515 (518) | ▼ 0.6% | 1,258 (1,321) | ▼ 4.8% | 4,567 (4,556) | ▲ 0.2% |
| Lots Sold | 344 (379) | ▼ 9.2% | 856 (953) | ▼ 10.2% | 3,155 (3,175) | ▼ 0.6% |
| Percent Sold | 66.8% (73.2%) | ▼ 8.7% | 68.0% (72.1%) | ▼ 5.7% | 69.1% (69.7%) | ▼ 0.9% |
| Total Raised | £121.9M (£135.2M) | ▼ 9.8% | £289.9M (£347.6M) | ▼ 16.6% | £1,065.3M (£1,125.8M) | ▼ 5.4% |
Regional Auction Analysis
As is usually the case, variations across all the measurable parameters can be seen across the regions.
N.B. Figures in brackets denote the comparative period last year
East Anglia
(Includes Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 629 (556) | ▲ 13.1% | 574 (503) | ▲ 14.1% | 55 (53) | ▲ 3.8% |
| Lots Sold | 410 (397) | ▲ 3.3% | 369 (360) | ▲ 2.5% | 41 (37) | ▲ 10.8% |
| Percent Sold | 65.2% (71.4%) | ▼ 8.7% | 64.3% (71.6%) | ▼ 10.2% | 74.5% (69.8%) | ▲ 6.7% |
| Total Raised | £73.5M (£73.4M) | ▲ 0.1% | £62.8M (£60.6M) | ▲ 3.5% | £10.7M (£12.7M) | ▼ 15.9% |
East Midlands
(Includes Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 875 (808) | ▲ 8.3% | 767 (705) | ▲ 8.8% | 108 (103) | ▲ 4.9% |
| Lots Sold | 606 (593) | ▲ 2.2% | 532 (509) | ▲ 4.5% | 74 (84) | ▼ 11.9% |
| Percent Sold | 69.3% (73.4%) | ▼ 5.6% | 69.4% (72.2%) | ▼ 3.9% | 68.5% (81.6%) | ▼ 16.1% |
| Total Raised | £104.3M (£90.1M) | ▲ 15.8% | £77.6M (£69.7M) | ▲ 11.4% | £26.7M (£20.4M) | ▲ 30.7% |
London
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 830 (858) | ▼ 3.3% | 749 (778) | ▼ 3.7% | 81 (80) | ▲ 1.3% |
| Lots Sold | 614 (633) | ▼ 3.0% | 550 (568) | ▼ 3.2% | 64 (65) | ▼ 1.5% |
| Percent Sold | 74.0% (73.8%) | ▲ 0.3% | 73.4% (73.0%) | ▲ 0.5% | 79.0% (81.2%) | ▼ 2.7% |
| Total Raised | £290.1M (£321.1M) | ▼ 9.6% | £247.0M (£255.9M) | ▼ 3.5% | £43.1M (£65.2M) | ▼ 33.9% |
North-East
(Includes Cleveland, County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 700 (916) | ▼ 23.6% | 636 (877) | ▼ 27.5% | 64 (39) | ▲ 64.1% |
| Lots Sold | 483 (729) | ▼ 33.7% | 436 (697) | ▼ 37.4% | 47 (32) | ▲ 46.9% |
| Percent Sold | 69.0% (79.6%) | ▼ 13.3% | 68.6% (79.5%) | ▼ 13.7% | 73.4% (82.1%) | ▼ 10.6% |
| Total Raised | £40.9M (£46.7M) | ▼ 12.5% | £31.4M (£41.2M) | ▼ 23.7% | £9.4M (£5.5M) | ▲ 70.8% |
North-West
(Includes Cheshire, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,705 (1,632) | ▲ 4.5% | 1,557 (1,447) | ▲ 7.6% | 148 (185) | ▼ 20.0% |
| Lots Sold | 1,208 (1,126) | ▲ 7.3% | 1,097 (1,013) | ▲ 8.3% | 111 (113) | ▼ 1.8% |
| Percent Sold | 70.9% (69.0%) | ▲ 2.8% | 70.5% (70.0%) | ▲ 0.7% | 75.0% (61.1%) | ▲ 22.7% |
| Total Raised | £167.4M (£157.4M) | ▲ 6.4% | £143.2M (£122.4M) | ▲ 17.0% | £24.2M (£35.0M) | ▼ 30.7% |
North-West Home Counties
(Includes Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 754 (715) | ▲ 5.5% | 683 (644) | ▲ 6.1% | 71 (71) | ▼ 0.0% |
| Lots Sold | 544 (502) | ▲ 8.4% | 496 (453) | ▲ 9.5% | 48 (49) | ▼ 2.0% |
| Percent Sold | 72.1% (70.2%) | ▲ 2.7% | 72.6% (70.3%) | ▲ 3.3% | 67.6% (69.0%) | ▼ 2.0% |
| Total Raised | £167.0M (£140.6M) | ▲ 18.8% | £128.0M (£115.5M) | ▲ 10.8% | £39.0M (£25.1M) | ▲ 55.6% |
Northern Ireland
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 86 (51) | ▲ 68.6% | 68 (47) | ▲ 44.7% | 18 (4) | ▲ 350.0% |
| Lots Sold | 32 (29) | ▲ 10.3% | 23 (26) | ▼ 11.5% | 9 (3) | ▲ 200.0% |
| Percent Sold | 37.2% (56.9%) | ▼ 34.6% | 33.8% (55.3%) | ▼ 38.9% | 50.0% (75.0%) | ▼ 33.3% |
| Total Raised | £3.8M (£3.6M) | ▲ 6.8% | £2.8M (£3.1M) | ▼ 11.9% | £1.1M (£0.4M) | ▲ 140.4% |
Scotland
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 301 (365) | ▼ 17.5% | 182 (261) | ▼ 30.3% | 119 (104) | ▲ 14.4% |
| Lots Sold | 107 (134) | ▼ 20.1% | 76 (86) | ▼ 11.6% | 31 (48) | ▼ 35.4% |
| Percent Sold | 35.5% (36.7%) | ▼ 3.3% | 41.8% (33.0%) | ▲ 26.7% | 26.1% (46.2%) | ▼ 43.5% |
| Total Raised | £11.4M (£15.1M) | ▼ 24.2% | £5.5M (£5.1M) | ▲ 8.4% | £5.9M (£10.0M) | ▼ 40.8% |
South-East Home Counties
(Includes Channel Islands, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,734 (1,801) | ▼ 3.7% | 1,588 (1,622) | ▼ 2.1% | 146 (179) | ▼ 18.4% |
| Lots Sold | 1,152 (1,276) | ▼ 9.7% | 1,053 (1,139) | ▼ 7.6% | 99 (137) | ▼ 27.7% |
| Percent Sold | 66.4% (70.8%) | ▼ 6.2% | 66.3% (70.2%) | ▼ 5.6% | 67.8% (76.5%) | ▼ 11.4% |
| Total Raised | £278.8M (£302.3M) | ▼ 7.8% | £230.0M (£233.1M) | ▼ 1.3% | £48.7M (£69.1M) | ▼ 29.5% |
South-West
(Includes Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isles of Scilly, Somerset, Wiltshire)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,084 (1,011) | ▲ 7.2% | 946 (836) | ▲ 13.2% | 138 (175) | ▼ 21.1% |
| Lots Sold | 802 (778) | ▲ 3.1% | 701 (639) | ▲ 9.7% | 101 (139) | ▼ 27.3% |
| Percent Sold | 74.0% (77.0%) | ▼ 3.9% | 74.1% (76.4%) | ▼ 3.0% | 73.2% (79.4%) | ▼ 7.8% |
| Total Raised | £150.6M (£159.1M) | ▼ 5.3% | £126.9M (£119.4M) | ▲ 6.3% | £23.7M (£39.6M) | ▼ 40.1% |
Wales
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 649 (691) | ▼ 6.1% | 563 (577) | ▼ 2.4% | 86 (114) | ▼ 24.6% |
| Lots Sold | 427 (467) | ▼ 8.6% | 364 (386) | ▼ 5.7% | 63 (81) | ▼ 22.2% |
| Percent Sold | 65.8% (67.6%) | ▼ 2.7% | 64.7% (66.9%) | ▼ 3.3% | 73.3% (71.1%) | ▲ 3.1% |
| Total Raised | £53.0M (£60.7M) | ▼ 12.8% | £40.4M (£46.8M) | ▼ 13.8% | £12.6M (£13.9M) | ▼ 9.5% |
West Midlands
(Includes Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,093 (1,064) | ▲ 2.7% | 964 (940) | ▲ 2.6% | 129 (124) | ▲ 4.0% |
| Lots Sold | 802 (834) | ▼ 3.8% | 706 (740) | ▼ 4.6% | 96 (94) | ▲ 2.1% |
| Percent Sold | 73.4% (78.4%) | ▼ 6.4% | 73.2% (78.7%) | ▼ 7.0% | 74.4% (75.8%) | ▼ 1.8% |
| Total Raised | £144.7M (£138.6M) | ▲ 4.4% | £118.8M (£111.5M) | ▲ 6.6% | £25.9M (£27.1M) | ▼ 4.6% |
Yorkshire and The Humber
(Includes North Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Humberside, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire)
| May 2025 to July 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 860 (788) | ▲ 9.1% | 765 (698) | ▲ 9.6% | 95 (90) | ▲ 5.6% |
| Lots Sold | 600 (588) | ▲ 2.0% | 528 (517) | ▲ 2.1% | 72 (71) | ▲ 1.4% |
| Percent Sold | 69.8% (74.6%) | ▼ 6.4% | 69.0% (74.1%) | ▼ 6.9% | 75.8% (78.9%) | ▼ 3.9% |
| Total Raised | £111.1M (£78.8M) | ▲ 41.1% | £92.2M (£55.3M) | ▲ 66.8% | £18.9M (£23.5M) | ▼ 19.6% |
The figures are based on sales data provided to EIG by the auctioneers.
Read the orginal article: https://propertyindustryeye.com/auction-activity-shows-strength-in-property-sector/
