Property brokers hoping to get houses bought earlier than Christmas are being suggested to encourage sellers to listing their properties by Thursday 23 October, in accordance with new evaluation from the HomeOwners Alliance.
Utilizing knowledge from its Finest Property Agent Finder software, the Alliance discovered that it presently takes a median of 58 days to promote a house — placing the third week of October as the important thing cut-off for gross sales to finish earlier than the festive break.
Nevertheless, time to promote varies broadly by area, starting from 32 to 71 days, highlighting the necessity for native market consciousness and early motion.
Paula Higgins, chief government of HomeOwners Alliance (HOA), which hosts the Finest Property Agent Finder software, stated: “With the leaves falling and Christmas advertisements already creeping onto our screens, it could really feel early to say the large day – but when transferring house is in your want listing, the clock is ticking. The final day to listing your property to be in with an opportunity of an agreed sale earlier than Christmas is twenty third October.”
HOA is presently advising owners considering of promoting their dwelling to get forward of the sport by inviting three top-performing native property brokers to worth their dwelling.
| Common time to promote in 2025 by area | Common time to promote by metropolis | ||
| UK Nationwide | 58 | ||
| Northern Eire | 32 | Glasgow | 22 |
| Scotland | 35 | Edinburgh | 27 |
| North East | 45 | Belfast | 32 |
| North West | 55 | Sheffield | 41 |
| Yorkshire & Humber | 57 | Bristol | 44 |
| East Midlands | 59 | Leeds | 52 |
| East of England | 62 | Liverpool | 53 |
| West Midlands | 62 | Manchester | 56 |
| South East | 64 | Birmingham | 65 |
| London | 65 | London | 65 |
| Wales | 65 | Nottingham | 66 |
| South West | 71 | ||
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