Following Labour’s plan to make homebuying easier and save buyers £710, research from Sell House Fast highlights the most common reasons property transactions fail and the...

Newly released data has revealed that 36% of 25-34-year-olds have experienced a failed property transaction, compared with 23% across the UK.

An 18-month iamproperty pilot reduced average completion times to 79 days with a 7% fall-through rate.

Converted homes had the highest failure rate by property type, with 17.4% of sales falling through.

Average completion times now stand at 216 days from instruction to completion.

41% of property sales failed to complete in Q2 2025, up from 32% in Q1.

78,855 property transactions fell through in Q1 2025.

Just under a third of property sales fell through before completion in the first three months of 2025, according to new research from Quick Move Now.

The average cost of a collapsed property sale hit £3,456 during the final quarter of 2024, according to new data.

The latest analysis by GetAgent looked at both transaction levels and fall-throughs and how the chance of a stamp duty saving can influence both.