The Home Property Index: where Britain's housing supply is moving

Every month, more than half a million homes sit live for sale and to let across the UK. We track them all, and this is our read of the whole picture in one place: the Home Property Index.

1.25 million listings, one view

Most market commentary leans on a single index or a single region. Home sees the lot: right now we're tracking 1,249,531 live listings for sale and to let across the UK, refreshed daily, of which roughly 45,623 are new-build. That vantage point tells a quieter, more useful story than the monthly headline number: not just what prices did, but where stock is building, where it's thinning, and where the market is turning before it shows up in the averages. For a fuller explanation of how we get to that count, see how we measure the UK property market.

Why supply is the signal to watch

Prices are the lagging indicator everyone quotes. Supply moves first. When listings build in an area, negotiating power shifts to buyers; when stock thins, sellers regain the upper hand. Reading supply across the country, area by area, is the earliest honest read on where the market is heading, a point we set out in full in why stock levels matter more than prices.

What we'll publish each month

The Index is a monthly franchise: the national supply picture, the regions moving fastest, and the gap between what's listed and what's selling. For the area-by-area detail behind the headline number, our postcode-level breakdown of UK housing supply goes region by region. Over time the trend matters more than any single snapshot, which is what an index is for.

To make the count concrete: this month's live stock includes a 3-bed house in Fringford, Oxfordshire at £350,000, a 1-bed flat on Henry Street, Manchester at £195,000, and a 3-bed home in Gravesend, Kent at £400,000, three very different corners of the same national picture.

Curious what's happening on your patch? Explore house prices or get an instant valuation of your own home.

Figures are drawn from live listings on Home.co.uk, our own portal data, and are a measure of market activity rather than a formal house-price index.

Further reading: the ONS UK House Price Index.