{"id":9204,"date":"2026-06-10T16:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/?p=9204"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:23:42","slug":"end-of-year-property-bump-highlights-renewed-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/2026\/06\/10\/end-of-year-property-bump-highlights-renewed-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"End-of-year property bump highlights <em>\u2018renewed momentum\u2019<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-table\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Q4 2025 saw 332,830 property transactions, up 3.1% year-on-year, defying the typical seasonal slowdown<\/td><td>Total transactions remained below Q4 2022 peak levels, reflecting ongoing market recovery rather than rebound<\/td><td>The number of active conveyancing firms fell by 13.7% over the decade, showing increased concentration<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Property transactions rose in the final quarter of 2025, research<sup>1<\/sup> shows, recording strong year-on-year growth of more than 3%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>HM Land Registry recorded 332,830 property transactions in Q4 2025, up 3.1% from the same quarter a year earlier. This was a robust performance to end the year, with transaction volumes defying the typical seasonal slowdown. However, total transactions remained below the peak levels recorded in Q4 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>In contrast to the rise in transactions, the number of active conveyancing firms fell in 2025, the research showed. Analysts point now to a market that is increasingly concentrated; in the past decade, the overall number of active law firms has decreased by 13.7%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Towards the end of December 2025, property transaction activity saw <em>\u2018renewed momentum,\u2019 <\/em>according to Landmark<sup>2<\/sup>, following some hesitation earlier in the quarter due to external economic and fiscal factors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Search Acumen 2026, <sup>2<\/sup>Landmark Information Group 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong><em>It is important to take professional advice before making any decision relating to your personal finances. Information within this article is based on our current understanding and can be subject to change without notice and the accuracy and completeness of the information cannot be guaranteed. It does not provide individual tailored advice and is for guidance only. Some rules may vary in different parts of the UK.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q4 2025 saw 332,830 property transactions, up 3.1% year-on-year, defying the typical seasonal slowdown Total transactions remained below Q4 2022 peak levels, reflecting ongoing market recovery rather than rebound The number of active conveyancing firms fell by 13.7% over the decade, showing increased concentration Property transactions rose in the final quarter of 2025, research1 shows, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,76],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9208,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204\/revisions\/9208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9204"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/quilter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=9204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}