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20 March 2024
From: Features
![Fall-throughs are rising but it isn’t all down to mortgage rates - research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
Increasing numbers of sales have fallen through during the third quarter but it isn’t all down to rising mortgage rates. Analysis by...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sales falling through as mortgage underwriters toughen criteria - warning](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2-400x310.jpg)
Almost a third of property sales that collapsed during the second quarter of this year were hit by lenders toughening their...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sellers overvaluing their homes by 8% compared with agents](/upload/images/library/Gold%20house.jpg)
Homeowners in England and Wales overvalue their properties by an average of 8%, research suggests. Property buying firm Quick Move Now compared...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Collapsed sales may rise as mortgage lenders toughen up - warning](/upload/images/library/Mortgage-image400x310.png)
Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stock Collapse! Agents suffer dramatic fall in number of homes to sell](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310.jpg)
Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fall-throughs plummet but market crash possible, warns analyst](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
Remarkably, just 11 per cent of property sales fell through in the third quarter of this year as buyers raced to beat...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![One in three sales fall through as market returns to near normal](/img/default/eat.png)
One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fall throughs hit 50% but Covid buyer panic now subsiding](/img/default/eat.png)
The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![It's time for agents and politicians to get behind Reservation Agreements trial](/img/default/eat.png)
Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...
08 February 2020
From: Features
![Quarter of sales fell through in 2019 says buying firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Almost exactly one quarter of house sales in England and Wales fell through prior to completion according to new figures. In the...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fewer property sales falling through despite uncertain market](/img/default/eat.png)
Fewer property sales fell through before completion, despite uneasy market conditions, according to Quick Move Now. The home buying company's data shows...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Sales progression even more vital with Brexit and election imminent](/img/default/eat.png)
Continuing political uncertainty over Brexit and now a significant chance of an autumn or winter General Election makes the case for...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Homes take a third longer to sell than two years ago - new figures](/img/default/eat.png)
A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can agents keep property transactions on track?](/img/default/eat.png)
More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...
30 March 2019
From: Features
![More market mayhem? Fall-Throughs rise as uncertainty grips buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of house sales falling through before completion is on the increase according to data collated by a home buying...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Average viewings per sale soar to 19, says buying company](/img/default/eat.png)
The average number of viewings received by properties before a sale is agreed has risen from 11 in 2015 to 19...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Number of fall throughs in past quarter hits 10-year high](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buying Reform: call for legally-binding Reservation Agreements](/img/default/eat.png)
An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Pre-completion fall-through rate now up to 28% says quick-buy company](/img/default/eat.png)
More than one in four house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2017...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![How many agency business models are there today?](/img/default/eat.png)
It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...
23 September 2017
From: Features
![25% fall-through rate is major improvement, claims quick sale firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Over a third of sales fall through before completion - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Brexit uncertainty blamed for significant rise in fall-throughs](/img/default/eat.png)
Thirty one per cent of residential sales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2016, showing a sizeable increase...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Drop in fall-throughs to only one-in-five, according to market monitor](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of house sales failing to successfully complete fell in the first quarter of 2016, with just one in five...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Over quarter of transactions fell through in 2015 claims quick-sale firm](/img/default/eat.png)
More than one in four sales across the UK fell through last year, claims a quick-sale company. Quick Move Now claims a...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fall-through rate at lowest level for three years according to buying firm](/img/default/eat.png)
The fall-through rate on transactions in the UK has dropped to its lowest level since late 2012, with fewer than a...
07 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in fall-throughs, says home-buying company](/img/default/eat.png)
More than one in three house sales in the second quarter of this year failed to reach completion, according to data...