Transaction numbers rose during May

July 10, 2026 by Brendan O'Neill

Property Market

HMRC has released new data showing that housing transaction numbers enjoyed a significant spike over the course of last month.

This data reveals that transaction numbers rose by both year-on-year and month-on-month metrics. When it comes to the first of those, the number of transactions was 13% higher than it was in May of last year. In comparison to transaction numbers for April of this year, May brought a rise of 7%. The total number of housing transactions that were completed during the month was 92,390.

Those are the figures without seasonal adjustment. When this is factored in, the annual increase was 17%, but there was a drop of 2% month-on-month. The number of housing transactions across April was 100,440.

Colin Bradshaw is the TwentyCi CEO. He spoke to Financial Reporter about the data and said:

“An increase in May’s transaction volumes (in all except seasonally adjusted vs. April 2026) suggest the market has remained more resilient than many expected given the ongoing geopolitical conflict.”

He then went on to add this was a viewpoint supported by the internal data from TwentyCi. Bradshaw pointed out there were lots of reasons to be optimistic about the UK property market. They include a rise in the available housing supply and the overall stability of house prices.

He concluded by saying that it was now a matter of waiting to see if these conditions are sustained or temporary.

It is these kinds of positive housing market indicators that will keep demand for CeMAP training courses at a high level.