Revealed - where it takes over 200 days to complete a house sale

Revealed - where it takes over 200 days to complete a house sale

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area in the UK has a typical transaction of over 200 days.

The study does not look at the current ‘abnormal’ situation with a glut of deals underway to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline, at a time when many parts of the transaction chain are already under pressure from many people working from home.
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Source: Estate Agent Today



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