The number of new sellers coming to market is 13% ahead of last year, with buyer demand up 8% and sales agreed up 15%.

The total value of housing stock is 3.5 times the annual GDP of the UK.

Sales market activity has levelled off but a further pick-up in properties available for sale is expected.

Regional divides mean the rate of annual inflation still slowed in two thirds of the UK’s nations and regions.

The annual rate of house price growth slowed to 4.1% in January, compared with 4.7% in December.

2025 is starting with the highest number of homes for sale per estate agency branch for seven years. 

Affordability remains most stretched in London and the South of England.

House price inflation varies widely across the UK with faster price inflation outside southern England.

A record number of early-bird new sellers have come to market since Boxing Day, giving buyers the highest level of choice at the start of a year since 2015.

House sales saw growth in December and house prices are now rising across all parts of the UK.