UK Property Market – Week 7 of 2026
More homes on the market. Solid demand. Zero room for ego.
Seven weeks in, and the property market is not whispering anymore.
36,421 new homes came onto the market last week. That is virtually identical to Week 6 and still ahead of the long term seasonal average of 33.1k. Year to date listings now sit at 243,047, running 1% ahead of 2025, 10% above 2024 and 20% higher than pre Covid norms.
There are now 663,304 homes for sale across the UK. Buyers have choice. Proper choice.
Demand has not disappeared.
26,159 homes sold subject to contract last week, again above the ten year Week 7 average of 25.5k. Year to date, 166,967 homes are sold stc, 12% ahead of 2024, although running 6% behind 2025’s pace.
This is not boom. It is balance.
Yet here is the squeeze. You only have a 1 in 2 chance of selling your home. Only half of homes that come on the market (53.7% to be exact), will the homeowner sell & move home, the rest (46.3%) get withdrawn off the market unsold. Realistic pricing of your home remains the hinge.
Week 7 confirms it.
There is depth in this property market.
There is activity.
There is liquidity.
But there is no hiding place.
If you are priced right, you should move.
If you are not, you join the 46.3% that come on the market, yet don’t sell.
