76% of estate agents predict ‘positive’ 2025 property market
Property market optimism is high with polled agents predicting that the improved market conditions seen in 2024 are set to continue over the next year.
The majority of agents believe 2025 is set to bring another year of positivity for the property market with 76% stating that they believe the market will continue to recover over the next year according to GetAgent’s CEO Colby Short (pictured).
Mortgage approvals, he says, are the first sign of improving market health and, having first hit the 60,000 monthly threshold back in February, the latest Bank of England data shows that they have also been climbing consistently since March, hitting 68,303 in October.
Increasing demand
The research also reveals that 67% of agents surveyed by estate agent comparison site GetAgent.co.uk believe that this increasing level of buyer demand will continue in 2025, with more mortgages being approved.
In addition, the majority of those surveyed believe that we will see this initial gauge of buyer activity convert, with 64% expecting an increase in sales volumes in 2025 versus 2024.
However, whilst 2025 is expected to be another year of positivity, Short says estate agents believe that the looming SDLT deadline at the end of March could bring a momentary bump in the road. With current SDLT relief thresholds set to end from 1st April, homebuyers will be scrambling to complete before this cost is set to climb.
67% believe that once this deadline does expire, there will be a market correction, as the market returns to normality.
When GetAgent asked what they believe will be the biggest challenges for the market in 2025, ongoing affordability issues related to high house prices ranked top.
The general consensus is that 2025 is set to bring more of the same, with the current market recovery set to continue.”
Higher mortgage rates was the second biggest challenge the market faces for the year ahead, with supply shortages also expected to prove problematic.
Far from ideal

Co-founder and CEO of GetAgent.co.uk, Colby Short, says: “Market conditions have been far from ideal in 2024 and buyers, in particular, have continued to face a challenging landscape, with mortgage rates remaining significantly higher than they’ve become accustomed to in recent years.
“Despite this, it has been a year of overall positivity. We’ve seen an increase in buyer activity and property values have also increased, albeit at a more measured pace.
“The general consensus is that 2025 is set to bring more of the same, with the current market recovery set to continue.”