Despite persistent doom and gloom headlines about the UK property market, homes are still selling and people are still moving. This week's data from the UK Property Market Stats Show, hosted by Chris Watkin with Toby Phillips, reveals the numbers behind the headlines.
Listings and Sales Data for Week 43
New listings for Week 43 reached 27.5k, down from 30.3k the previous week. The weekly 2026 average stands at 35.5k, while the 10-year Week 43 average is 28.9k. Year to date, there have been 1.529m new listings, which is 0.2% below 2025 YTD (1.532m) but 1.2% higher than 2024 YTD (1.509m) and 8.8% higher than 2023 YTD (1.396m).
UK gross residential sales for Week 43 were 21.8k homes sold subject to contract (stc), compared to 22.1k last week. The 10-year Week 43 average is 23.6k, and the 2026 weekly average is 24k. Year to date, 1.032m UK homes have been sold stc, which is 7.5% lower than 2025 YTD (1.116m) but 10.6% higher than 2023 YTD (934k) and 4.1% above the pre-Covid 2017-19 average (992k).
Net Sales and Exchange Rates
Net residential sales YTD (gross sales less fall-throughs) stand at 795k, which is 6.5% lower than 2025 (850k) but 13.7% ahead of 2023 (699k). In October 2026, there were 47k exchanges and 48.6k withdrawals. This means just 49.2% of homes that left agents' books exchanged and completed in October, with 50.8% withdrawing unsold. The 7-year average exchange-to-listings ratio is 57.6%.
Price reductions remain notable: 21.2k reductions were recorded this week on 758k UK homes for sale. In October, 13.7% of UK homes for sale were reduced, down from 14.7% in September. The 2026 YTD average is 13.1%, compared to the 7-year long-term average of 11%.
Local Focus: Weybridge
The show also put Weybridge estate agents under the microscope, examining who gives homeowners the strongest chance of moving and who achieves better prices. The analysis asks whether the agent with the most boards has the results to back them up.
Additional data shows the sell-through rate at 13.4% of homes on agents' books going stc in October 2026, compared to the pre-Covid average of 15.5%. The fall-through rate for Week 43 was 23.99%, against a decade average of 24.5%. Stock levels stand at 758k homes on the market as of 1 November 2026, up from 742k in November 2025.
Rental data shows an average rent of £1,835 pcm in Week 43, with the October 2026 MTD average at £1,804 pcm, compared to £1,880 pcm in October 2025. House prices at sale agreed averaged £338.98 per sq.ft in September 2026, 0.2% higher than 12 months ago and 13.7% higher than 5 years ago.
