25th November 2025 Gazundering now standard as buyers seek last-minute discounts Three years ago, only 50% of buyers tried to negotiate last-minute reductions.
7th November 2025 Housing’s weakest link: half of buyers see property chains collapse 38% have faced multiple collapses, most often due to buyers pulling out.
6th November 2025 One in four property sales collapse before completion amid growing... Speculation surrounding this month's budget continues to squeeze the brakes on the UK property market.
10th October 2025 Collapsed sales cost buyers more than Labour’s proposed saving 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...
9th October 2025 Young buyers most affected by failed home moves, Santander research... Newly released data has revealed that 36% of 25-34-year-olds have experienced a failed property transaction, compared with 23% across the UK.
26th September 2025 Consumers back upfront information to fix property market delays An 18-month iamproperty pilot reduced average completion times to 79 days with a 7% fall-through rate.
10th September 2025 Converted properties most likely to see a sale fall through Converted homes had the highest failure rate by property type, with 17.4% of sales falling through.
8th September 2025 UK fall-through rate climbs to 24.3% amid record bottlenecks Average completion times now stand at 216 days from instruction to completion.
11th July 2025 Fall-through rate climbs as lenders tighten criteria 41% of property sales failed to complete in Q2 2025, up from 32% in Q1.
8th July 2025 Bridging use rises as property fall-throughs hit £275m in Q1 78,855 property transactions fell through in Q1 2025.