The latest data shows house sale transactions are taking an average of 131.57 days to complete across England over the last year.
Some of the quickest areas to sell a property at the moment include Aberdare (CF44), Fulham + Parsons Green in London (SW6) and Southend-On-Sea (SS2).
Property Solvers’ speed of sale tool has revealed that it’s taking an average of 18.80 weeks to sell a property across England.
Updated monthly, the latest dataset analysed over 23,005 property sales across the region between March 2024 and March 2025.
The statistics track the moment a property is listed on the UK’s leading property portals to the point it’s marked as officially ‘sold’ at the HM Land Registry.
As shown in the table below, properties were selling the fastest in Aberdare (CF44), Fulham + Parsons Green in London (SW6) and Southend-On-Sea (SS2) adopting a minimum number of 35 property sales in a given area. In the top 10 areas, Property Solvers revealed that homes took 107.80 days (15.40 weeks) to sell on average.
| England’s Fastest Areas to Sell a Property (March 2024 to March 2025) | |||
| Area | Postcode | Average No. of Days to Sell | No. of Properties |
| Aberdare | CF44 | 97 | 60 |
| London | SW6 | 97 | 53 |
| Southend-On-Sea | SS2 | 106 | 36 |
| St Albans | AL1 | 108 | 47 |
| Maryport | CA15 | 110 | 38 |
| Peterlee | SR8 | 111 | 49 |
| Darwen | BB3 | 112 | 44 |
| London | SW11 | 112 | 47 |
| Middlesbrough | TS6 | 112 | 36 |
| Barnoldswick | BB18 | 113 | 54 |
Homes were selling the slowest in the Wolverhampton (WV3), Wirral (CH46) and Bristol (BS14) postcodes (also sampling a minimum data set of 35 property sales). In the bottom 10 postcodes, the data showed that properties were taking 153.20 days (21.89 weeks) to sell on average.
| England’s Slowest Areas to Sell a Property (March 2024 to March 2025) | |||
| Area | Postcode | Average No. of Days to Sell | No. of Properties |
| Wolverhampton | WV3 | 164 | 37 |
| Wirral | CH46 | 158 | 37 |
| Bristol | BS14 | 154 | 46 |
| Warwick | CV35 | 152 | 35 |
| Stourbridge | DY9 | 152 | 44 |
| Clevedon | BS21 | 151 | 36 |
| St. Helens | WA10 | 151 | 41 |
| Warrington | WA2 | 151 | 56 |
| Worthing | BN13 | 150 | 40 |
| Bromsgrove | B60 | 149 | 49 |
Ruban Selvanayagam of Property Solvers commented: “While current house sale times remain in line with historical trends, there are encouraging signs that greater adoption of tech-driven efficiencies by industry stakeholders will help reduce transaction lengths. A key example is improving the accessibility and transparency of property-related data, making transactions more seamless.”
The co-founder of the sell house fast company concludes: “it’s also worth noting that many buyers have been pushing for their transactions to complete before 1st April given the reintroduction of the 2% Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) band.”
