When Do Properties Go Live on Rightmove?
We analysed 340 residential listings to find out exactly which days and times estate agents publish new properties — so you can be first to see them.
Key Takeaways
Tuesday
Most popular day for new listings
10am
Peak hour for listings going live
84%
Of listings published on weekdays
Why This Matters
Rightmove dominates the UK property market. According to their own reporting, over 80% of UK estate agents list on the platform, and it sees over 1 million visits per day. If a property is for sale in the UK, the chances are it will appear on Rightmove.
In competitive markets,like many of the areas in this study, being even a day late to a new listing can mean viewings are already fully booked, with the agent turning away further enquiries. Knowing when new properties typically appear lets you time your searches and get your enquiry in before the crowd.
Which Day of the Week?
Number of new Rightmove listings by day of the week
Tuesday is the clear winner with 90 listings — over quadruple the Saturday count and well ahead of every other weekday.
Weekdays dominate — Monday to Friday accounts for the vast majority of new listings, reflecting standard estate agency working patterns.
Weekends are quiet — Saturday sees a handful of listings, and Sunday is virtually dead with just 1 listing in the entire dataset.
What Time of Day?
Number of new Rightmove listings by hour (UTC)
10am is the single busiest hour with 39 listings, closely followed by 11am (37) and 12pm (36).
The core window is 8am–5pm, which aligns perfectly with standard UK business hours. There’s a clear ramp-up from 7am to 10am as agents start their day and queue up listings.
A small number of listings appear overnight, likely from automated publishing systems or agents using scheduled release tools.
So When Should You Check Rightmove?
Rather than refreshing Rightmove all day, here’s a smarter approach based on the data:
Around 1pm
Catches the morning wave (8am–12pm), which accounts for the majority of new listings for that day.
Around 6pm
Catches the afternoon stragglers (1pm–5pm) and gives you the full picture of everything posted that day.
Checking twice a day at these times — particularly on a Tuesday or Wednesday — would capture the vast majority of new listings shortly after they appear.
Or skip the manual checks entirely. AI Property Searcher monitors Rightmove for you up to every hour, and sends you an alert the moment a new property matches your criteria.
Get StartedWhy Might Listings Cluster on Tuesdays?
The data doesn’t tell us why Tuesday is the peak, but a reasonable theory is that the start of the week is spent on preparation — valuations, photography, writing up descriptions — with listings going live once everything is ready, typically by Tuesday morning.
What we can say with confidence is that Sunday is essentially dead — just 1 listing in the entire dataset — which is consistent with the majority of high street agencies being closed.
About the Study
We collected data on 340 residential sale listings from Rightmove, spanning December 2025 to February 2026 and covering properties across Greater Manchester, the Midlands, and Cornwall.
For each listing, we recorded the exact moment it first went live on the platform. This gave us a reliable timestamp for when the property actually became visible to buyers — independent of when the estate agent may have started preparing it.
Want to explore the data yourself? Download the full dataset (CSV)
What this study can and can’t tell you
Valid findings
- Day-of-week patterns
- Hour-of-day patterns
- Weekday vs weekend trends
Not representative
- Price distributions
- Property type breakdowns
- Geographic comparisons
Limitations
We’re transparent about the boundaries of this analysis. Here’s what to keep in mind:
Small sample size
340 properties is enough to spot clear patterns, but a larger dataset would strengthen the findings.
Short collection window
Data spans roughly December 2025 to February 2026. Seasonal variations or year-on-year changes aren’t captured.
Three regions only
Listings were drawn from Greater Manchester, the Midlands, and Cornwall. While timing patterns likely hold nationwide, this hasn’t been confirmed.
Residential sales only
All listings are residential sales. Lettings and commercial property may follow different patterns.
Stop Refreshing. Start Finding.
AI Property Searcher monitors Rightmove around the clock and alerts you the moment a property matching your criteria goes live — so you never miss a listing again.