Middle-band reductions were more frequent. Entry-tier reductions were deeper.
Regional differences and recent price history sharpened the picture for lenders, insurers and brokers.
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Reductions did not become more widespread: among the same vessels followed through both months, 7.8% reduced in August and 7.2% in September. Of the boats reduced in August, 16.0% were reduced again — against 6.5% of those that were not.
Most asking prices held. The reductions told different stories.
Across 10,025 vessels observed through September, 710 asking prices were reduced by more than 2% and 16 were raised; 92.8% held within the reporting threshold. Among the boats reduced, the median reduction was 7.2%. There was no broad acceleration in reduction frequency — but the national figure brings together different pricing environments: by asking-price band, by region, and by a boat’s own recent price history.
Advertised asking prices, and the changes sellers make to them — not transaction prices. Movement is measured on vessels observed at both ends of the month, in the currency of the original listing, with changes within ±2% treated as unchanged.
What it does not claim: that asking prices are completed transaction values; that a listing leaving the market is a confirmed sale; or that a tracked sample share estimates a whole national market. The report states the limits of each figure alongside it.