UK Property Auctions, January 2025
Success rate is measured among lots with a published outcome, across the 6 auction houses in our archive for January 2025.
January 2025 saw 1,304 lots go through the 6 UK auction houses in our results archive, with 399 recorded sales (a 30.6% success rate among lots with a published outcome) and £67.8M in recorded hammer prices. On a like-for-like basis (the 5 houses we tracked in both years), activity was up 15.3% on the same month last year.
Scotland led the regions with 777 lots and a 6% success rate. Looking ahead, 9,731 lots are live on AuctionRadar right now, with 1,744 lots across 13 auctions carrying a confirmed date in the next month.
National Picture
| January 2025 | Nov to Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 to Jan 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lots through auction | 1,303 (1,130)▲ 15.3% | 3,627 (4,074)▼ 11% | 15,534 (12,942)▲ 20% |
| Recorded sales | 398 (406)▼ 2% | 1,943 (2,339)▼ 16.9% | 10,835 (8,622)▲ 25.7% |
| Recorded hammer total | £67.7M (£58.8M)▲ 15.2% | £314.7M (£368.9M)▼ 14.7% | £1757.0M (£1435.0M)▲ 22.4% |
Figures in brackets are the same period a year earlier, computed on the same-house cohort (5, 11, 11 houses respectively), so growth in our archive never reads as growth in the market.
The Regions, January 2025
| Region | Lots | Recorded sales | Success rate | Hammer total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 777 | 47 | 6% | £2.6M | Live lots → |
| London | 148 | 97 | 65.5% | £31.0M | Live lots → |
| North West | 86 | 56 | 65.1% | £5.6M | Live lots → |
| Yorkshire | 86 | 55 | 64% | £7.9M | Live lots → |
| South East | 52 | 33 | 63.5% | £7.0M | Live lots → |
| South West | 42 | 33 | 78.6% | £5.5M | Live lots → |
| East of England | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | £4.2M | Live lots → |
| West Midlands | 27 | 13 | 48.1% | £746,000 | Live lots → |
| East Midlands | 25 | 19 | 76% | £2.2M | Live lots → |
| North East | 19 | 12 | 63.2% | £895,000 | Live lots → |
| Wales | 8 | 6 | 75% | £92,001 | Live lots → |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1 | 50% | £70,000 | Live lots → |
Next Month, Already Visible
9,731 lots are live on AuctionRadar today, and 1,744 of them already carry a confirmed date across 13 auctions in the next month.
Methodology
Figures are drawn from results published by the auction houses in our archive (6 houses for January 2025) and grow as coverage grows. Success rates count only lots with a published outcome; hammer totals count only sales with a published price, so both are floors, not ceilings. Year-on-year comparisons use the same-house cohort shown above.
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