The English housing market has increased since the start of the year, with 6.3% more homes available on the market. Some counties have seen increases of more than 16%, according to Yopa’s latest analysis, which the company said suggests that seller confidence is growing.
Yopa has analysed residential listings data from March 2026, with the results showing an estimated 471,619 homes currently listed on the market across England. This marks an annual increase of 3.3% compared to March 2025, and is up 6.3% compared to the turn of the year.
Yopa’s analysis of data across 48 English counties reveals that growth since the start of the year has been even greater in many corners of the country. In Bristol there are 16.7% more properties for sale than at the start of 2026, while in Hertfordshire, the increase stands at 16.1%.
This is followed by Surrey (15.5%), Buckinghamshire (14.9%), and Wiltshire (14.1%), while double-digit growth has also been recorded in Berkshire (12.6%), Cambridgeshire (12.5%), Hampshire (12.2%), Oxfordshire (12.2%), and Bedfordshire (11.3%).
The only counties to have seen the number of listings fall since the start of the year are Staffordshire (-1.6%), Shropshire (-1.4%), South Yorkshire (-1.2%), Lancashire (-1%), and Lincolnshire (-0.2%).
The biggest annual listings jump has been recorded in the City of London, where the number of properties for sale increased by 15.8% between March 2025 and March 2026.
This is followed by Oxfordshire (12.4%), Cambridgeshire (11.5%), Hertfordshire (11.2%), Wiltshire (11%), Buckinghamshire (10.8%), Bedfordshire (10.6%), and Berkshire (10.1%). Verona Frankish, Chief Executive Officer at Yopa, said: “England’s housing market is showing real signs of growth in 2026, with listings well up on the start of the year. What we’re seeing is renewed seller confidence translating into greater choice for buyers, which is helping to rebalance what has been a supply-constrained market in recent times. Overall, this increase in supply is a positive step towards a more balanced and fluid market.”