
Did you know that the average time to buy a property in England is 133 days That’s 80% longer than in 2007.
With transaction times lengthening, we delve into 15 years’ worth of data to uncover what’s really holding up the home-buying process.
Including sector-led perspectives from estate agency, conveyancing, surveying and lending, our Property Transactions Report investigates why buying a property in England and Wales is taking so long – and what we can do to unlock the value in the buying chain.
Our latest Property Transactions Report addresses some of the key questions facing the sector right now, including:
- What’s the average time from instruction to completion?
- Where are the bottlenecks in the home-buying process?
- What’s the average turnaround time for a valuation?
- How can technology unlock the value in the transactional chain?
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