UK Property Auction Market Report: February 2026
Updated: 11 hours ago
February 2026 auction activity, reported by EIG in March 2026. Auction sales increased while the success rate was broadly steady and total proceeds were slightly lower.
National auction results
Residential property auction results
Commercial property auction results
These sector tables cover February 2026 alone. Sale-rate movements are percentage-point differences between EIG's rounded published rates; other annual changes follow EIG's reported percentages. The newsletter presents sale-rate changes as relative percentages.
Regional property auction results: December 2025 to February 2026
EIG's regional figures cover the rolling three months from December 2025 to February 2026. This period is distinct from the February-only national and sector figures above. Each table separates the overall result into residential and commercial property.
Res. means residential; Comm. means commercial; m means million pounds. Totals follow EIG's published rounding and regional definitions. North West Home Counties is EIG's separate category for Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Oxfordshire, distinct from the North West.
East Anglia
East Midlands
London
North East
North West
North West Home Counties
Northern Ireland
Scotland
South East Home Counties
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and The Humber
Source: EIG's March 2026 newsletter, National and Regional Auction Analysis. The original release linked below contains the equivalent prior-year regional figures and EIG's annual comparisons.
What the figures suggest
February combined higher sales volumes with a sale rate close to the previous year's level. My interpretation is that buyers absorbed more stock without a material change in the proportion selling.
Total proceeds moved in a different direction from the number of sales. That is a reminder to separate activity from value: the mix of properties sold can change the amount raised without demonstrating an equivalent change in the value of comparable homes.
What investors should take from this
Compare like with like when setting a bid. A national total cannot replace nearby sold comparables, an assessment of the property's condition or a review of its legal pack. Check whether a low guide is supported by the actual reserve and the full purchase costs.
About this report
National statistics are attributed to Essential Information Group (EIG). Commentary is Dominic Farrell's independent interpretation. EIG's reported sale rate is not a separately verified measure of lots sold live under the hammer.
Archive date: 31 March 2026, used for chronological filing. Compiled on 5 November 2026 from EIG's historical national tables. Resource links reflect current offerings.
Data note: the opening commentary in this EIG release differs from its statistical tables. This report uses the Overall Statistics and National Auction Analysis tables consistently.
