Could Homebuying Soon Be Quicker and More Transparent?
Posted on 2nd July 2026
# Could Homebuying in England Finally Be Getting a Long-Overdue Overhaul? One in three property sales falls through. The average transaction takes 120 days. Failed sales waste an estimated £400 million every year. For buyers and sellers in South West London, where the financial stakes are especially high, a collapsed deal can be devastating. Now the government has unveiled what it describes as the biggest shake-up of the homebuying process in a generation — and the detail is worth understand...












