Research
What the numbers mean
MyMove gathers every property advertised on the Island, and the Land Registry publishes every sale that completes.
Put together, they answer questions the market talks about but rarely measures. These are those answers, with the workings shown
and the limitations stated.
How quickly Isle of Man homes sell, and where
September 2026 · 6 pages
The Island carries about three months of housing stock — a tight market by any conventional reading. But that single figure hides a tenfold spread between areas, a two-month legal tail nobody advertises, and a sales calendar that runs opposite to the received wisdom about spring.
- 488 homes are genuinely for sale against 159.9 sales a month — 3.1 months of supply.
- Ballasalla clears its stock in 0.9 months. Andreas takes 9.2. Douglas sits at the Island average on a third of all listings.
- Agreeing a sale is not the end: the median gap from handshake to the register is 67 days, and a quarter take over 109.
- October is the busiest month to agree a sale. January was the quietest in all eleven years examined.
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Housing and the first-time buyer on the Isle of Man
August 2026 · 10 pages
An analysis of 37,921 registered Island property sales since 2003, alongside every property currently advertised for sale. It finds that Island pay has broadly kept pace with Island house prices — and that what has disappeared is the cheap end of the market.
- In 2003, two thirds of Island homes sold at or below £200,000. Today it is under a fifth.
- Entry-level homes cost 7.0 times entry-level pay, against 7.7 a decade ago — affordability by ratio has not worsened.
- A median full-time earner can reach 45 of the 489 homes for sale. On the minimum wage, nine.
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