UK Property Auctions, May 2025
Success rate is measured among lots with a published outcome, across the 11 auction houses in our archive for May 2025.
May 2025 saw 2,193 lots go through the 11 UK auction houses in our results archive, with 910 recorded sales (a 41.5% success rate among lots with a published outcome) and £149.1M in recorded hammer prices. On a like-for-like basis (the 9 houses we tracked in both years), activity was down 8.1% on the same month last year.
Scotland led the regions with 857 lots and a 6.4% 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
| May 2025 | Mar to May 2025 | Jun 2024 to May 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lots through auction | 2,167 (2,357)▼ 8.1% | 4,239 (4,323)▼ 1.9% | 14,676 (14,501)▲ 1.2% |
| Recorded sales | 897 (1,232)▼ 27.2% | 2,356 (2,641)▼ 10.8% | 10,064 (9,881)▲ 1.9% |
| Recorded hammer total | £145.9M (£201.8M)▼ 27.7% | £382.8M (£449.9M)▼ 14.9% | £1641.1M (£1597.1M)▲ 2.8% |
Figures in brackets are the same period a year earlier, computed on the same-house cohort (9, 10, 11 houses respectively), so growth in our archive never reads as growth in the market.
The Regions, May 2025
| Region | Lots | Recorded sales | Success rate | Hammer total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 857 | 55 | 6.4% | £2.9M | Live lots → |
| London | 318 | 195 | 61.3% | £54.8M | Live lots → |
| South East | 209 | 121 | 57.9% | £26.7M | Live lots → |
| West Midlands | 186 | 131 | 70.4% | £17.1M | Live lots → |
| North West | 143 | 92 | 64.3% | £9.2M | Live lots → |
| South West | 140 | 89 | 63.6% | £10.0M | Live lots → |
| Yorkshire | 113 | 75 | 66.4% | £10.2M | Live lots → |
| East of England | 77 | 48 | 62.3% | £9.1M | Live lots → |
| Wales | 70 | 50 | 71.4% | £3.6M | Live lots → |
| East Midlands | 44 | 31 | 70.5% | £4.4M | Live lots → |
| North East | 34 | 21 | 61.8% | £1.1M | 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 (11 houses for May 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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