UK Property Market Stats Show - Week 17 2026 - Ep.2539

UK Property Market Stats Show - Week 17 2026 - Ep.2539

From Letting & Estate Agent Podcast by Christopher Watkin

May 8, 2026 · 59 min

About this episode

This episode provides a detailed update on the UK property market statistics for Week 17 of 2026.

UK Property Market Weekly Update for Week 17 2026 🟩 Gross Residential Sales YTD 422k UK homes sold STC YTD The best week for Resi sales in 45 weeks 5.3% lower than 2025 YTD (445k) , 4.2% higher than 2024 YTD (405k), 14.6% higher than 2023 YTD (368k) and 12.5% higher above pre Covid norms (375k). 🟩 Net Resi Sales YTD 330k UK net home sales YTD (Net Sales being Gross sales less Fall Thrus). 3.1% lower than 2025 (341k), 3.9% ahead of 2024 (318k), 16.3% ahead of 2023 (284k) and 9.4% above the 2017–19 average (302k). 🟩 Listings YTD 637k new properties have come onto the market YTD 1% above of 2025 YTD, 7.4% above 2024 YTD, and 17.5% higher than the 2017–19 average YTD 🟩 Exchanges YTD 240k UK Exchanges to the 2nd week of April 2026 14% lower the 2nd week of April 2026, when it was 279k. Note - There were more exchanges in Q1 2025 because of the stamp duty holiday which finished in April 2025 🟩 Overvaluing 46.7% of the homes that left UK Estate Agents books in April were withdrawn unsold.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, 3rd May 2026…

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Host: Christopher Watkin

Topics covered

  • UK property market
  • residential sales
  • market statistics
  • real estate trends
  • housing listings

Keywords

  • UK property market
  • residential sales
  • market update
  • housing statistics
  • real estate

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