UK Property Auction Market Report: March 2026
Updated: 1 hour ago
March 2026 auction activity, reported by EIG in April 2026. More entries and sales, with a small improvement in the proportion selling.
National auction results
Residential property auction results
Commercial property auction results
These sector tables cover March 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: January 2026 to March 2026
EIG's regional figures cover the rolling three months from January 2026 to March 2026. This period is distinct from the March-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 April 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
March's tables show sales growth slightly ahead of the increase in entries, with the reported sale rate edging higher. My interpretation is that demand broadly kept pace with the larger catalogue of properties.
Rising activity does not mean every location or property type benefited equally. The national result is a starting point for research; it cannot establish the value of a particular terrace, flat, commercial unit or development opportunity.
What investors should take from this
Use a busy month to build a shortlist, compare results and identify properties that fail to sell despite credible underlying demand. Before approaching the auctioneer, establish why the lot was unsold and whether its price, legal position and required works fit your strategy.
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: 30 April 2026, used for chronological filing. Compiled on 5 November 2026 from EIG's historical national tables. Resource links reflect current offerings.
