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East Anglia
East Midlands| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 664 (483) | ▲ 37.5% | 592 (410) | ▲ 44.4% | 72 (73) | ▼ 1.4% |
| Lots Sold | 500 (382) | ▲ 30.9% | 439 (324) | ▲ 35.5% | 61 (58) | ▲ 5.2% |
| Percent Sold | 75.3% (79.1%) | ▼ 4.8% | 74.2% (79.0%) | ▼ 6.1% | 84.7% (79.5%) | ▲ 6.5% |
| Total Raised | £78.7M (£62.2M) | ▲ 26.5% | £59.6M (£49.9M) | ▲ 19.6% | £19.1M (£12.3M) | ▲ 54.6% |
London
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 611 (650) | ▼ 6.0% | 543 (601) | ▼ 9.7% | 68 (49) | ▲ 38.8% |
| Lots Sold | 471 (491) | ▼ 4.1% | 413 (450) | ▼ 8.2% | 58 (41) | ▲ 41.5% |
| Percent Sold | 77.1% (75.5%) | ▲ 2.1% | 76.1% (74.9%) | ▲ 1.6% | 85.3% (83.7%) | ▲ 1.9% |
| Total Raised | £188.3M (£218.4M) | ▼ 13.8% | £151.8M (£194.4M) | ▼ 21.9% | £36.4M (£23.9M) | ▲ 52.3% |
North-East
(Includes Cleveland, County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear)
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 612 (547) | ▲ 11.9% | 586 (511) | ▲ 14.7% | 26 (36) | ▼ 27.8% |
| Lots Sold | 406 (396) | ▲ 2.5% | 385 (371) | ▲ 3.8% | 21 (25) | ▼ 16.0% |
| Percent Sold | 66.3% (72.4%) | ▼ 8.4% | 65.7% (72.6%) | ▼ 9.5% | 80.8% (69.4%) | ▲ 16.4% |
| Total Raised | £34.4M (£33.9M) | ▲ 1.7% | £28.1M (£26.3M) | ▲ 7.1% | £6.3M (£7.6M) | ▼ 17.2% |
North-West
(Includes Cheshire, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside)
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 1,330 (1,115) | ▲ 19.3% | 1,186 (958) | ▲ 23.8% | 144 (157) | ▼ 8.3% |
| Lots Sold | 927 (880) | ▲ 5.3% | 825 (756) | ▲ 9.1% | 102 (124) | ▼ 17.7% |
| Percent Sold | 69.7% (78.9%) | ▼ 11.7% | 69.6% (78.9%) | ▼ 11.8% | 70.8% (79.0%) | ▼ 10.4% |
| Total Raised | £107.9M (£122.2M) | ▼ 11.7% | £84.8M (£90.1M) | ▼ 5.9% | £23.1M (£32.1M) | ▼ 28.0% |
North-West Home Counties
(Includes Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire)
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 522 (450) | ▲ 16.0% | 471 (385) | ▲ 22.3% | 51 (65) | ▼ 21.5% |
| Lots Sold | 381 (357) | ▲ 6.7% | 341 (303) | ▲ 12.5% | 40 (54) | ▼ 25.9% |
| Percent Sold | 73.0% (79.3%) | ▼ 7.9% | 72.4% (78.7%) | ▼ 8.0% | 78.4% (83.1%) | ▼ 5.7% |
| Total Raised | £108.4M (£114.8M) | ▼ 5.6% | £82.8M (£84.2M) | ▼ 1.7% | £25.6M (£30.6M) | ▼ 16.3% |
Northern Ireland
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 54 (70) | ▼ 22.9% | 45 (66) | ▼ 31.8% | 9 (4) | ▲ 125.0% |
| Lots Sold | 17 (20) | ▼ 15.0% | 14 (19) | ▼ 26.3% | 3 (1) | ▲ 200.0% |
| Percent Sold | 31.5% (28.6%) | ▲ 10.1% | 31.1% (28.8%) | ▲ 8.0% | 33.3% (25.0%) | ▲ 33.2% |
| Total Raised | £1.9M (£2.4M) | ▼ 21.8% | £1.7M (£2.2M) | ▼ 22.5% | £0.2M (£0.2M) | ▼ 13.5% |
Scotland
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 277 (209) | ▲ 32.5% | 187 (122) | ▲ 53.3% | 90 (87) | ▲ 3.4% |
| Lots Sold | 120 (110) | ▲ 9.1% | 75 (61) | ▲ 23.0% | 45 (49) | ▼ 8.2% |
| Percent Sold | 43.3% (52.6%) | ▼ 17.7% | 40.1% (50.0%) | ▼ 19.8% | 50.0% (56.3%) | ▼ 11.2% |
| Total Raised | £12.9M (£14.4M) | ▼ 10.5% | £6.3M (£4.1M) | ▲ 53.9% | £6.6M (£10.3M) | ▼ 36.0% |
South-East Home Counties
(Includes Channel Islands, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex)
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 1,189 (1,037) | ▲ 14.7% | 1,076 (869) | ▲ 23.8% | 113 (168) | ▼ 32.7% |
| Lots Sold | 817 (835) | ▼ 2.2% | 728 (706) | ▲ 3.1% | 89 (129) | ▼ 31.0% |
| Percent Sold | 68.7% (80.5%) | ▼ 14.7% | 67.7% (81.2%) | ▼ 16.6% | 78.8% (76.8%) | ▲ 2.6% |
| Total Raised | £194.0M (£206.7M) | ▼ 6.1% | £153.6M (£157.8M) | ▼ 2.7% | £40.5M (£49.0M) | ▼ 17.3% |
South-West
(Includes Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isles of Scilly, Somerset, Wiltshire)
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 614 (401) | ▲ 53.1% | 546 (311) | ▲ 75.6% | 68 (90) | ▼ 24.4% |
| Lots Sold | 442 (354) | ▲ 24.9% | 390 (270) | ▲ 44.4% | 52 (84) | ▼ 38.1% |
| Percent Sold | 72.0% (88.3%) | ▼ 18.5% | 71.4% (86.8%) | ▼ 17.7% | 76.5% (93.3%) | ▼ 18.0% |
| Total Raised | £87.4M (£81.5M) | ▲ 7.2% | £66.5M (£56.6M) | ▲ 17.6% | £20.8M (£25.0M) | ▼ 16.5% |
Wales
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 423 (385) | ▲ 9.9% | 374 (318) | ▲ 17.6% | 49 (67) | ▼ 26.9% |
| Lots Sold | 280 (318) | ▼ 11.9% | 255 (264) | ▼ 3.4% | 25 (54) | ▼ 53.7% |
| Percent Sold | 66.2% (82.6%) | ▼ 19.9% | 68.2% (83.0%) | ▼ 17.8% | 51.0% (80.6%) | ▼ 36.7% |
| Total Raised | £32.8M (£41.3M) | ▼ 20.6% | £29.1M (£30.0M) | ▼ 2.7% | £3.7M (£11.4M) | ▼ 67.7% |
West Midlands
(Includes Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire)
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 897 (597) | ▲ 50.3% | 800 (519) | ▲ 54.1% | 97 (78) | ▲ 24.4% |
| Lots Sold | 729 (512) | ▲ 42.4% | 655 (447) | ▲ 46.5% | 74 (65) | ▲ 13.8% |
| Percent Sold | 81.3% (85.8%) | ▼ 5.2% | 81.9% (86.1%) | ▼ 4.9% | 76.3% (83.3%) | ▼ 8.4% |
| Total Raised | £106.2M (£92.9M) | ▲ 14.3% | £83.7M (£64.8M) | ▲ 29.1% | £22.5M (£28.2M) | ▼ 19.9% |
Yorkshire and The Humber
(Includes North Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Humberside, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire)
| December 2022 to February 2023 | Total | Residential | Commercial | |||
| Lots Offered | 824 (560) | ▲ 47.1% | 764 (507) | ▲ 50.7% | 60 (53) | ▲ 13.2% |
| Lots Sold | 610 (457) | ▲ 33.5% | 563 (412) | ▲ 36.7% | 47 (45) | ▲ 4.4% |
| Percent Sold | 74.0% (81.6%) | ▼ 9.3% | 73.7% (81.3%) | ▼ 9.3% | 78.3% (84.9%) | ▼ 7.8% |
| Total Raised | £68.6M (£55.6M) | ▲ 23.6% | £55.1M (£42.8M) | ▲ 28.5% | £13.6M (£12.7M) | ▲ 6.7% |
Disclaimer: The figures in this newsletter are based on sales data provided to us by the auctioneers.
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