Scotland and Yorkshire have been the UK’s most active housing markets in 2025 according to The Property DriveBuy.

The City of Edinburgh saw the highest number of sales in 2025, totalling 7,351, or an average of 919 per month, with the City of Glasgow in a close second with 7,095 sales.

This is followed by two Yorkshire locations. In North Yorkshire, there have been a total of 5,466 transactions, while in Leeds the total comes to 5,451. 

Steve Foreman, Founder and CEO of The Property DriveBuy, said: “What this data clearly shows is that the UK housing market in 2025 is anything but uniform, and not always predictable. While overall transaction volumes are averaging just over 60,000 per month, activity varies dramatically depending on location, with parts of Scotland and Yorkshire outperforming many traditionally dominant regions. This divergence is being driven by a combination of factors, including relative affordability, local employment strength, lifestyle appeal, and buyer migration away from higher-priced southern markets.”

Their analysis of the latest Government figures on residential sales volume revealed that the UK has seen a total of 504,180 properties sold, equating to a monthly average of 63,023 sales. 

Birmingham rounds off the top five homebuyer hotspots for 2025 so far, with 5,422 sales, while Somerset (4,706), Cornwall (4,553), Fife (4,492), Buckinghamshire (4,295), and South Lanarkshire (4,234) complete the top ten.