Major surge in homes for sale - see how your neighbourhood compares with interactive map

The number of homes on the market has surged across much of the country, leading to experts predicting a fall in prices.

New research by property purchasing specialist House Buyer Bureau has found there were a total of 720,540 properties on the market across England in the second quarter of the year.

At the same time last year there were 660,513 homes on the market, meaning sales stock has increased by nine per cent across the country.

But the situation varies from county to county - and Mirror has today mapped all areas so you can see how your region has fared.

The Isle of Wight has seen the largest percentage increase in the country at 27 per cent.

The Isle of Wight has seen the largest percentage increase in the country (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

That’s followed by Shropshire (25 per cent), Herefordshire (24 per cent), Cornwall (24 per cent), Lincolnshire (24 per cent) and Devon (22 per cent).

Three counties have seen a decrease in sales stock, however.

The number of properties for sale in Bristol has fallen by 21 per cent in the last year, according to House Buyer Bureau’s data.

In Greater London, meanwhile, numbers have fallen by three per cent, while in Berkshire they’re down by one per cent.

You can see the situation in your area using our interactive map:

There has also been a huge increase in the number of houses on the market between January and June this year. There were 629,021 homes for sale in the first three months of 2023.

That rose by 15 per cent to 720,540 over the last three months.

Rutland had the largest increase of any county at 26 per cent. That’s followed by Herefordshire (22 per cent), Dorset (21 per cent), Wiltshire (21 per cent), and Somerset (20 per cent).

Only Bristol has seen a decrease between the two quarters at minus nine per cent.

Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire with historical ties (Getty Images/Gallo Images)

Managing Director of House Buyer Bureau, Chris Hodgkinson, commented: "With the exception of Bristol, every county in England has seen the level of available for sale stock climb since the start of the year and this demonstrates the altogether different landscape sellers are facing when compared to 2022.

"Buyers are acting with far less enthusiasm and, as a result, homes are taking longer to sell, or attracting little to no attention whatsoever. This has inevitably led to an oversaturation of for sale stock and this will naturally cause a further reduction in property values as the bidding wars of the pandemic boom fade into memory.

"So while this may be good news for the nation’s buyers, those looking to sell are facing a far tougher challenge. Many are unwilling to adjust their price expectations, but this is the reality they face if they want to sell their home quickly and before any further dent to property values materialises."

Ross-on-Wye is in Herefordshire, where property sales have increased by nearly one quarter (Getty Images)

Annual change by county

Isle of Wight: 27 per cent

Shropshire: 25 per cent

Herefordshire: 24 per cent

Cornwall: 24 per cent

Lincolnshire: 24 per cent

Devon: 22 per cent

Worcestershire: 20 per cent

Staffordshire: 20 per cent

North Yorkshire: 19 per cent

Cumbria: 17 per cent

Norfolk: 17 per cent

Nottinghamshire: 17 per cent

Leicestershire: 17 per cent

East Riding of Yorkshire: 17 per cent

Derbyshire: 16 per cent

Dorset: 15 per cent

Somerset: 15 per cent

Gloucestershire: 15 per cent

Cheshire: 15 per cent

West Midlands (county): 14 per cent

Those selling properties face a different landscape to that in 2022 (Getty Images)

Lancashire: 14 per cent

Wiltshire: 13 per cent

Northumberland: 13 per cent

Rutland: 12 per cent

West Sussex: 12 per cent

Northamptonshire: 12 per cent

West Yorkshire: 11 per cent

East Sussex: 10 per cent

Warwickshire: 10 per cent

Cambridgeshire: 10 per cent

Merseyside: 10 per cent

Oxfordshire: 9 per cent

Suffolk: 9 per cent

Hampshire: 9 per cent

England: 9 per cent

Kent: 8 per cent

Tyne and Wear: 8 per cent

Essex: 8 per cent

Buckinghamshire: 7 per cent

South Yorkshire: 7 per cent

Greater Manchester: 7 per cent

Bedfordshire: 7 per cent

City of London: 7 per cent

Durham: 6 per cent

Hertfordshire: 3 per cent

Surrey: 2 per cent

Berkshire: -1 per cent

Greater London: -3 per cent

City of Bristol: -21 per cent

Properties are selling quick in Lincoln, a cathedral city, and its surrounding county (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Quarterly change by county
Rutland: 26 per cent

Herefordshire: 22 per cent

Dorset: 21 per cent

Wiltshire: 21 per cent

Somerset: 20 per cent

Cumbria: 19 per cent

Oxfordshire: 19 per cent

Isle of Wight: 18 per cent

Devon: 18 per cent

Worcestershire: 18 per cent

Gloucestershire: 18 per cent

Surrey: 18 per cent

Shropshire: 17 per cent

Cornwall: 17 per cent

North Yorkshire: 17 per cent

Derbyshire: 17 per cent

West Midlands (county): 17 per cent

East Sussex: 17 per cent

Suffolk: 17 per cent

Looe is in Cornwall, where property sales increased in the past year (Getty Images/Westend61)

Staffordshire: 16 per cent

Norfolk: 16 per cent

Hampshire: 16 per cent

Nottinghamshire: 15 per cent

Cheshire: 15 per cent

West Yorkshire: 15 per cent

Warwickshire: 15 per cent

England: 15 per cent

Kent: 15 per cent

Lincolnshire: 14 per cent

Leicestershire: 14 per cent

Lancashire: 14 per cent

Northumberland: 14 per cent

West Sussex: 14 per cent

Northamptonshire: 14 per cent

Cambridgeshire: 14 per cent

Buckinghamshire: 14 per cent

South Yorkshire: 14 per cent

Durham: 14 per cent

Berkshire: 14 per cent

East Riding of Yorkshire: 13 per cent

Greater Manchester: 13 per cent

Hertfordshire: 13 per cent

Merseyside: 12 per cent

Tyne and Wear: 12 per cent

Essex: 12 per cent

Bedfordshire: 12 per cent

Greater London: 11 per cent

City of London: 3 per cent

City of Bristol: -9 per cent