Market Analysis Shows 50k More Homes Hit the UK Market in 2025

The latest property market analysis by GetAgent.co.uk suggests that estate agents across England are already busier than they were during the opening stages of last year, with some 50,000 more homes currently listed for sale versus the start of 2024.

GetAgent analysed current for-sale stock levels across each county in England at the end of January this year to see how current market conditions compared to those seen throughout 2024.*

The figures show that at the end of Q1 last year, some 727,393 properties were listed for sale across the market in England. This number rose over the next two consecutive quarters, hitting 846,455 by the end of Q3 – an increase of 16% versus Q1.

However, the usual seasonal lull did materialise in Q4, with for-sale stock levels falling by 8% to 790,730 homes on the market.

The latest snapshot of market health, conducted by GetAgent, shows that, whilst for-sale stock levels in January of this year have remained relatively flat compared to Q4, there are currently more homes listed on the market than in Q1 of last year.

In fact, the 777,051 homes currently listed for sale marked a 7% increase in the first month of 2025 alone compared to the first three months of 2024.

What’s more, almost every area of the property market across England has already seen a surge in stock in 2025 compared to the early stages of last year, with the exception of Gloucestershire (-18%) and the City of London (-1%).

Rutland has seen the largest increase, with current for-sale stock levels sitting 16% above the level seen in Q1 2024.

Cornwall, the Isle of Wight and Bristol have also seen a considerable increase at 13% each, with a 12% increase seen across the East Riding of Yorkshire and Devon.

Colby Short, co-founder and CEO of GetAgent.co.uk, commented, “2024 was a year of far greater positivity for the property market, and we’ve seen a very strong foundation laid for the year ahead. The year started with a bang, as almost 50,000 more home sellers hit the market in January compared to Q1 of last year.

The heightened levels of market activity being seen already this year suggest that sellers are getting their house in order now, in order to take advantage of increasing levels of buyer confidence, driven by the anticipation of mortgage rates reducing over the course of 2025.”

*GetAgent pulls data from all major portals, which are then cross-referenced with the Land Registry using their proprietary algorithms and input from partner agents.