# UK Property Market Stats Show - Week 18 2026 - Ep.2545

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Podcast: [Letting & Estate Agent Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/letting-estate-agent-podcast-2704)
Published: 2026-05-15T00:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/christopher-watkin/uk-property-market-921876456
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## Resource

UK Property Market Weekly Update for Week 18 2026 Headline - Everything in the UK Property market moving along quite nice despite all the **** hitting the fan at home and abroad Headline Scores on the Doors … 🟩 UK Gross Resi Sales 444k UK homes sold STC YTD 5.2% lower than 2025 YTD (445k) 2.8% higher than 2024 YTD (468k), 13.8% higher than 2023 YTD (390k) 13.8% higher above pre Covid 2017-19 years (399k). 🟩 UK Net Resi Sales YTD 348k UK net home sales YTD 3.1% lower than 2025 (341k), 3.9% ahead of 2024 (318k), 16.3% ahead of 2023 (284k) 9.4% above the 2017–19 average (302k). (Net Sales being Gross sales less Fall Thrus). 🟩 Listings YTD 671k new properties (listings) have come onto the market YTD 0.9% ahead of 2025 YTD (665k) 5.8% ahead of 2024 YTD (634k) 16.1% higher than the 2017–19 average YTD (577k) 🟩 Exchanges YTD 281k UK Exchanges to the end of April 2026 10.5% lower than Jan to April 2026, when it was 314k. Note - There were more exchanges in Q1 2025 because of the stamp duty holiday which finished in April 2025 🟩 Overvaluing 46.1% of the homes that left UK Estate Agents books in April were withdrawn unsold.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, 10th May 2026 (week 18 with Alice Bullard https://youtu.be/UriCggG8pYk

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