June property transactions rise 13% from previous month

Transactions increased 1% in June 2025 compared with the same month in 2024.

In terms of non-seasonally adjusted residential transactions, the figure increased by 17% in June 2025 relative to May 2025, and 5% higher than in June of last year at 95,080.

In terms of non-residential transactions, figures in June 2025 were at 10,310, 4% higher than June 2024, and 5% higher than May 2025 when taken for seasonally adjusted.

Meanwhile for non-seasonally adjusted transactions for non-residential, figures were at 10,190, 8% higher than June 2024 and 8% higher than May 2025.

Industry professionals have given their say on the figures:

Nick Hale, CEO at Movera:

“The rise in residential transactions this month points to growing confidence in the market but it’s also a reminder of how closely activity tracks alongside interest rate movements, tax policy, and consumer sentiment.

“Buyers are clearly responding to the more stable rate environment and wider availability of mortgage products, particularly for first-time buyers.

“What matters now is whether this activity can be sustained. Without consistency in policy and clearer timelines across the home-moving journey, we risk another stop-start pattern that puts unnecessary pressure on the system.”

Joshua Elash, director of specialist lender at MT Finance: 

“The data points to a flat residential property market and reflects what we are seeing on the ground when it comes to mortgages.

“Despite the lower interest rate environment, both the residential property market and the economy more generally continue to stagnate under the watch of this government.

“The one percent year-on-year growth is off of already suppressed transaction levels so means very little.

“As long as the ills of stagnation continue, the longer we expect this trend of low demand and transaction volumes to continue.”

Amy Reynolds, head of sales at Antony Roberts:

“As this data shows, contrary to expectations, the property market isn’t slowing down for summer.

“At first it looked as though it might as the final week of the school term was very quiet, and we braced ourselves for a long stretch until September. But we’re already back in full swing: valuing good houses, agreeing off-market sales, and running packed diaries of viewings.

 “The general sentiment is that interest rates will come down further, and the spring market – which never really materialised, because of uncertainty around Trump’s tariffs – has left a degree of pent-up demand.

“While there’s not a huge sense of urgency and it isn’t a seller’s market, it is a market. Buyers are pragmatic about what they want and what they’ll pay. If a property is priced correctly and meets the right needs, the buyer will be there –and we’re seeing this play out across all price brackets.”