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How long does it really take
to complete a home purchase?
Explore 5 years of UK conveyancing data by region, buyer type and year. Find your estimated timeline and see what shapes completion speed.
133days
UK national average
completion time (2025)
completion time (2025)
116days
Fastest region
North East England
North East England
152days
Slowest region
London
London
36.9%
Completions on
a Friday
a Friday
50.6%
London first-time
buyers in 2025
buyers in 2025
The UK Property Completion Map
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When does the nation complete?
Share of all UK property completions by day of the week — 2025 data.
36.9% of all completions happen on a Friday — nearly 4 in every 10 home purchases complete on the last working day of the week.
When does the property market peak?
Total residential completions by month — 2021 to 2025 data.
September is the UK's busiest month for property completions — buyers race to complete before autumn school terms begin. April is the quietest, as the market pauses after the March stamp-duty rush.
End-of-quarter months — March, June, September and December — consistently see elevated completion volumes as chains align around financial calendar milestones.
The nation's busiest completion dates
Quarter-end dates draw completions like a magnet. Here are the record-breaking days — shown as how much busier they are than a typical completion day.
BUSIEST SINGLE DAY — BY YEAR
2021
June 30
5.9×
busier than a typical day
2022
September 30
5.1×
busier than a typical day
2023
September 29
4.6×
busier than a typical day
2024
June 28
4.5×
busier than a typical day
2025
March 28
6.9×
busier than a typical day — 5-year record
THE BUSIEST CALENDAR DATES, ON AVERAGE
#1 All-time
June 30
3.7× the average completion day
Financial half-year end — the single most congested day in the conveyancing calendar.
#2 All-time
September 30
3.2× the average completion day
End of Q3 — summer chains completing before the autumn slowdown.
#3 All-time
October 31
2.9× the average completion day
Month-end deadline pressure — buyers and sellers push to close before November.
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