Doncaster Property Market Update: July 2026
1,667 homes for sale, 262 sales agreed, and the widest asking-to-agreed gap in six years... here's what it means for you.
Doncaster's property market spent July doing three things that don't usually happen together: more homes came up for sale than in any July of the last six years, more new sellers listed than at any point in six years, and buyers still agreed nearly as many sales as during the 2021 stamp duty frenzy.
More Choice Than Ever
At the end of July there were 1,667 homes on the market across Doncaster, up 9.5% on last year, 26% above the six-year average, and more than double the 823 available in July 2021. Buyers today are working with roughly twice the choice they had five summers ago.
That abundance is being topped up, not run down: 354 new listings arrived in July, the highest July figure in six years.
Demand Hasn't Gone Anywhere
262 sales were agreed in July, up 4.4% on last year and matching the exact volume seen in July 2021, when the stamp duty holiday had the country in a frenzy. The difference is the size of the pool those sales are drawn from: back then roughly one in three homes on the market found a buyer each month. This July it was one in six.
The Number That Matters Most
The average asking price across everything for sale is £280,836 (£226/sqft). The average price actually agreed is £211,896 (£204/sqft a gap of almost £69,000. Three years ago, sold prices were running above the average asking price. This year the gap is the widest it's been in six years, and it's a pricing story, not a value one.
Sellers Are Getting Smarter
208 homes had their price reduced in July, but that's down on both last year and last month, and a smaller share of stock than 12 months ago (12.5% vs 14.5%). Pricing discipline at the point of listing is improving, even as competition intensifies.
The Best News In The Whole Data Set
Only 59 sales fell through in July, down 13% on last year and back to the six-year average. One in 4.4 sales collapsed this July, against one in 3.7 a year ago, largely down to the Bank of England holding rates at 3.75% for a fifth consecutive month, with inflation easing to 2.6%.
What To Do About It
If you're selling: price to the £204/sqft mark, not the £226 headline. With 1,667 competitors, the first three weeks of marketing are the campaign, not a warm-up.
If you're buying: this is the strongest buyer's market Doncaster has offered since before the pandemic. Use the gap between asking and agreed as your negotiating room, but move fast on the genuinely good stock, because that still sells quickly.
