December capped the year on a high note, with national property auction activity strengthening across all key indicators, according to the latest figures from the Essential Information Group (EIG).
The number of lots offered last year rose 14.2% year on year, while lots sold increased by 15.1%. Over the full year, 2025 set new records, with 41,628 lots offered and 28,975 sold—the highest annual totals to date. Total funds raised reached £5.9 billion, up 7.1%, underscoring continued strong demand across the sector.
At a regional level, the final quarter showed broad-based growth, led by London, the South-East Home Counties, the South-West, and the North-West Home Counties.
EIG’s David Sandeman explained: “London stood out, with lots offered up 25.9% and total raised jumping to £400.2m. The South-West also delivered strong growth, with lots sold up 33.9% and funds raised up 19.1%. The North-West remained the highest-volume regional market, selling 1,032 lots in the quarter.
“While some regions such as the North-East and parts of the North-West Home Counties saw softer success rates, higher supply and rising capital values helped offset these pressures, keeping overall quarterly totals firmly ahead of last year.
“The year-end data confirms that 2025 set new benchmarks for auction supply and sales volumes. A record number of lots were brought to market, and sales volumes reached their highest level to date.
“The strength of supply and the way the year closed suggest that a 30,000-lot sales year is now within reach, with 2026 shaping up as a potential candidate to see that milestone delivered.”
National Auction Analysis
Overall
N.B. Figures in brackets denote the comparative period last year
| December 2025 | October 2025 to December 2025 | January 2025 to December 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 3,948 (3,458) | ▲ 14.2% | 11,433 (10,359) | ▲ 10.4% | 41,628 (39,468) | ▲ 5.5% |
| Lots Sold | 2,771 (2,407) | ▲ 15.1% | 7,909 (7,121) | ▲ 11.1% | 28,975 (28,092) | ▲ 3.1% |
| Percent Sold | 70.2% (69.6%) | ▲ 0.9% | 69.2% (68.7%) | ▲ 0.7% | 69.6% (71.2%) | ▼ 2.2% |
| Total Raised | £590.7M (£475.4M) | ▲ 24.3% | £1,680.1M (£1,429.0M) | ▲ 17.6% | £5,896.1M (£5,506.1M) | ▲ 7.1% |
Residential
N.B. Figures in brackets denote the comparative period last year
| December 2025 | October 2025 to December 2025 | January 2025 to December 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 3,529 (3,056) | ▲ 15.5% | 10,097 (9,144) | ▲ 10.4% | 36,898 (34,856) | ▲ 5.9% |
| Lots Sold | 2,486 (2,136) | ▲ 16.4% | 6,990 (6,295) | ▲ 11.0% | 25,682 (24,892) | ▲ 3.2% |
| Percent Sold | 70.4% (69.9%) | ▲ 0.7% | 69.2% (68.8%) | ▲ 0.6% | 69.6% (71.4%) | ▼ 2.5% |
| Total Raised | £495.5M (£386.0M) | ▲ 28.4% | £1,384.4M (£1,155.5M) | ▲ 19.8% | £4,791.2M (£4,395.3M) | ▲ 9.0% |
Commercial
N.B. Figures in brackets denote the comparative period last year
| December 2025 | October 2025 to December 2025 | January 2025 to December 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 419 (402) | ▲ 4.2% | 1,336 (1,215) | ▲ 10.0% | 4,730 (4,612) | ▲ 2.6% |
| Lots Sold | 285 (271) | ▲ 5.2% | 919 (826) | ▲ 11.3% | 3,293 (3,200) | ▲ 2.9% |
| Percent Sold | 68.0% (67.4%) | ▲ 0.9% | 68.8% (68.0%) | ▲ 1.2% | 69.6% (69.4%) | ▲ 0.3% |
| Total Raised | £95.1M (£89.3M) | ▲ 6.5% | £295.7M (£273.5M) | ▲ 8.1% | £1,104.9M (£1,110.7M) | ▼ 0.5% |
Regional Auction Analysis
As is usually the case, variations across all the measurable parameters can be seen across the regions.
N.B. Figures in brackets denote the comparative period last year
East Anglia
(Includes Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 539 (517) | ▲ 4.3% | 493 (471) | ▲ 4.7% | 46 (46) | ▼ 0.0% |
| Lots Sold | 390 (353) | ▲ 10.5% | 355 (318) | ▲ 11.6% | 35 (35) | ▼ 0.0% |
| Percent Sold | 72.4% (68.3%) | ▲ 6.0% | 72.0% (67.5%) | ▲ 6.7% | 76.1% (76.1%) | ▼ 0.0% |
| Total Raised | £67.8M (£63.1M) | ▲ 7.5% | £58.8M (£50.7M) | ▲ 16.0% | £9.0M (£12.4M) | ▼ 27.4% |
East Midlands
(Includes Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 843 (772) | ▲ 9.2% | 739 (665) | ▲ 11.1% | 104 (107) | ▼ 2.8% |
| Lots Sold | 605 (529) | ▲ 14.4% | 523 (452) | ▲ 15.7% | 82 (77) | ▲ 6.5% |
| Percent Sold | 71.8% (68.5%) | ▲ 4.8% | 70.8% (68.0%) | ▲ 4.1% | 78.8% (72.0%) | ▲ 9.4% |
| Total Raised | £99.9M (£97.4M) | ▲ 2.5% | £73.5M (£72.6M) | ▲ 1.2% | £26.4M (£24.8M) | ▲ 6.6% |
London
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,041 (827) | ▲ 25.9% | 979 (774) | ▲ 26.5% | 62 (53) | ▲ 17.0% |
| Lots Sold | 777 (612) | ▲ 27.0% | 732 (571) | ▲ 28.2% | 45 (41) | ▲ 9.8% |
| Percent Sold | 74.6% (74.0%) | ▲ 0.8% | 74.8% (73.8%) | ▲ 1.4% | 72.6% (77.4%) | ▼ 6.2% |
| Total Raised | £400.2M (£301.1M) | ▲ 32.9% | £363.0M (£264.0M) | ▲ 37.5% | £37.2M (£37.1M) | ▲ 0.1% |
North-East
(Includes Cleveland, County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 566 (708) | ▼ 20.1% | 528 (669) | ▼ 21.1% | 38 (39) | ▼ 2.6% |
| Lots Sold | 397 (541) | ▼ 26.6% | 371 (514) | ▼ 27.8% | 26 (27) | ▼ 3.7% |
| Percent Sold | 70.1% (76.4%) | ▼ 8.2% | 70.3% (76.8%) | ▼ 8.5% | 68.4% (69.2%) | ▼ 1.2% |
| Total Raised | £37.4M (£36.5M) | ▲ 2.3% | £26.5M (£31.1M) | ▼ 14.8% | £10.9M (£5.4M) | ▲ 100.5% |
North-West
(Includes Cheshire, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,545 (1,498) | ▲ 3.1% | 1,386 (1,344) | ▲ 3.1% | 159 (154) | ▲ 3.2% |
| Lots Sold | 1,032 (1,001) | ▲ 3.1% | 935 (912) | ▲ 2.5% | 97 (89) | ▲ 9.0% |
| Percent Sold | 66.8% (66.8%) | ▼ 0.0% | 67.5% (67.9%) | ▼ 0.6% | 61.0% (57.8%) | ▲ 5.5% |
| Total Raised | £153.2M (£133.3M) | ▲ 14.9% | £132.8M (£109.0M) | ▲ 21.8% | £20.4M (£24.3M) | ▼ 15.8% |
North-West Home Counties
(Includes Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 920 (701) | ▲ 31.2% | 796 (613) | ▲ 29.9% | 124 (88) | ▲ 40.9% |
| Lots Sold | 619 (507) | ▲ 22.1% | 543 (442) | ▲ 22.9% | 76 (65) | ▲ 16.9% |
| Percent Sold | 67.3% (72.3%) | ▼ 6.9% | 68.2% (72.1%) | ▼ 5.4% | 61.3% (73.9%) | ▼ 17.1% |
| Total Raised | £166.8M (£126.6M) | ▲ 31.8% | £139.5M (£106.4M) | ▲ 31.1% | £27.3M (£20.2M) | ▲ 35.3% |
Northern Ireland
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 91 (60) | ▲ 51.7% | 58 (51) | ▲ 13.7% | 33 (9) | ▲ 266.7% |
| Lots Sold | 30 (27) | ▲ 11.1% | 17 (26) | ▼ 34.6% | 13 (1) | ▲ 1,200.0% |
| Percent Sold | 33.0% (45.0%) | ▼ 26.7% | 29.3% (51.0%) | ▼ 42.5% | 39.4% (11.1%) | ▲ 255.0% |
| Total Raised | £4.7M (£2.7M) | ▲ 75.7% | £2.0M (£2.6M) | ▼ 23.8% | £2.7M (£0.0M) | ▲ 9,485.7% |
Scotland
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 330 (365) | ▼ 9.6% | 216 (263) | ▼ 17.9% | 114 (102) | ▲ 11.8% |
| Lots Sold | 164 (120) | ▲ 36.7% | 124 (74) | ▲ 67.6% | 40 (46) | ▼ 13.0% |
| Percent Sold | 49.7% (32.9%) | ▲ 51.1% | 57.4% (28.1%) | ▲ 104.3% | 35.1% (45.1%) | ▼ 22.2% |
| Total Raised | £19.1M (£14.3M) | ▲ 33.0% | £10.7M (£5.1M) | ▲ 110.8% | £8.4M (£9.3M) | ▼ 9.4% |
South-East Home Counties
(Includes Channel Islands, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,785 (1,566) | ▲ 14.0% | 1,622 (1,405) | ▲ 15.4% | 163 (161) | ▲ 1.2% |
| Lots Sold | 1,186 (1,027) | ▲ 15.5% | 1,057 (909) | ▲ 16.3% | 129 (118) | ▲ 9.3% |
| Percent Sold | 66.4% (65.6%) | ▲ 1.2% | 65.2% (64.7%) | ▲ 0.8% | 79.1% (73.3%) | ▲ 7.9% |
| Total Raised | £307.0M (£254.7M) | ▲ 20.5% | £238.1M (£205.7M) | ▲ 15.8% | £68.9M (£49.0M) | ▲ 40.6% |
South-West
(Includes Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isles of Scilly, Somerset, Wiltshire)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,084 (818) | ▲ 32.5% | 899 (708) | ▲ 27.0% | 185 (110) | ▲ 68.2% |
| Lots Sold | 806 (602) | ▲ 33.9% | 672 (521) | ▲ 29.0% | 134 (81) | ▲ 65.4% |
| Percent Sold | 74.4% (73.6%) | ▲ 1.1% | 74.7% (73.6%) | ▲ 1.5% | 72.4% (73.6%) | ▼ 1.6% |
| Total Raised | £155.4M (£130.4M) | ▲ 19.1% | £127.6M (£112.6M) | ▲ 13.3% | £27.7M (£17.8M) | ▲ 56.0% |
Wales
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 637 (623) | ▲ 2.2% | 548 (535) | ▲ 2.4% | 89 (88) | ▲ 1.1% |
| Lots Sold | 427 (404) | ▲ 5.7% | 355 (344) | ▲ 3.2% | 72 (60) | ▲ 20.0% |
| Percent Sold | 67.0% (64.8%) | ▲ 3.4% | 64.8% (64.3%) | ▲ 0.8% | 80.9% (68.2%) | ▲ 18.6% |
| Total Raised | £56.4M (£57.2M) | ▼ 1.5% | £44.2M (£37.6M) | ▲ 17.5% | £12.2M (£19.6M) | ▼ 38.0% |
West Midlands
(Includes Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 1,162 (1,096) | ▲ 6.0% | 1,050 (972) | ▲ 8.0% | 112 (124) | ▼ 9.7% |
| Lots Sold | 833 (793) | ▲ 5.0% | 742 (703) | ▲ 5.5% | 91 (90) | ▲ 1.1% |
| Percent Sold | 71.7% (72.4%) | ▼ 1.0% | 70.7% (72.3%) | ▼ 2.2% | 81.2% (72.6%) | ▲ 11.8% |
| Total Raised | £131.5M (£127.3M) | ▲ 3.3% | £106.4M (£101.7M) | ▲ 4.6% | £25.0M (£25.5M) | ▼ 1.9% |
Yorkshire and The Humber
(Includes North Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Humberside, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire)
| October 2025 to December 2025 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lots Offered | 890 (808) | ▲ 10.1% | 783 (674) | ▲ 16.2% | 107 (134) | ▼ 20.1% |
| Lots Sold | 643 (605) | ▲ 6.3% | 564 (509) | ▲ 10.8% | 79 (96) | ▼ 17.7% |
| Percent Sold | 72.2% (74.9%) | ▼ 3.6% | 72.0% (75.5%) | ▼ 4.6% | 73.8% (71.6%) | ▲ 3.1% |
| Total Raised | £80.9M (£84.4M) | ▼ 4.2% | £61.2M (£56.3M) | ▲ 8.7% | £19.7M (£28.1M) | ▼ 30.0% |
Disclaimer: The figures are based on sales data provided to EIG by the auctioneers.
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