Latest HMRC property transactions report

September 30, 2025

Headline statistics from the latest transactions data include:

The provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in August 2025 is 93,630, 2% higher than August 2024 and 2% lower than July 2025

The provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in August 2025 is 103,610, 1% lower than August 2024 and 2% higher than July 2025

The provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK non-residential transactions in August 2025 is 9,910, 2% lower than August 2024 and 3% lower than July 2025

The provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK non-residential transactions in August 2025 is 9,190, 5% lower than August 2024 and 13% lower than July 2025

Figures for seasonally adjusted residential transactions in August 2025 have decreased by 2% from 95,240 in July 2025 to 93,630 in August 2025. This follows 3 consecutive months of increases following a dip in transactions in April 2025.

Non-seasonally adjusted residential transactions increased by 2% in August 2025 relative to July 2025.

Seasonally adjusted non-residential transactions have seen a decrease, with figures for August 2025 3% lower relative to July 2025 and 2% lower than in August 2024.

Non-seasonally adjusted non-residential transactions are 13% lower relative to July 2025.

 

Nathan Emerson, CEO at Propertymark, comments:

“People need to feel a greater degree of confidence as they approach their next house move, and continued economic uncertainty and high interest rates have no doubt deterred some consumers from doing so.

“With interest rates slowly edging back downward, which has helped improve mortgage products on offer, and with house prices showing initial indications that they are starting to soften as we head in autumn, we now look to the Budget in November and next Bank of England decision on the base rate, as both of these factors will play a big part in determining the level of confidence people have moving forward.”

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