{"id":10011,"date":"2026-04-09T03:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/?p=10011"},"modified":"2026-04-09T03:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:02:29","slug":"property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/?p=10011","title":{"rendered":"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than one in five homebuyers in the UK are experiencing transaction times of at least six months from offer acceptance to completion, according to new research.<\/p>\n

A survey of 1,000 homeowners conducted by Lyons Bowe found that 22% of buyers saw the process extend beyond six months, whilst a quarter of respondents reported timescales exceeding four months. Seven out of 10 buyers said their transaction took more than three months to complete.<\/p>\n

Conveyancing identified as key bottleneck<\/h2>\n

The data revealed that 63% of buyers found the process took longer than they had anticipated. When asked to identify the most time-consuming stage, 65% of respondents cited conveyancing as the longest part of the buying process.<\/p>\n

Chain-related issues were identified as the primary delay by 27% of respondents, followed by mortgage approvals and valuations, each accounting for 4% of delays. The findings come as wider market conditions continue to influence UK property transactions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Beyond timescales, 54% of buyers described conveyancing as the most complicated and difficult aspect of the property purchase journey to navigate.<\/p>\n

Paul Lyons, Managing Director of Lyons Bowe Solicitors, commented: \u201cIt\u2019s not surprising that so many homebuyers feel conveyancing slows things down. The process sits at the centre of a property transaction and involves multiple parties, including solicitors, lenders, agents, buyers and sellers, all of whom are working to different timelines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Market implications<\/h2>\n

The extended transaction times could have implications for property investors and buyers planning time-sensitive purchases or sales. With recent changes affecting the rental market<\/a>, understanding realistic completion timescales has become increasingly important for those looking to enter or exit the property market.<\/p>\n

The survey results suggest that buyers should factor in timescales of at least three to four months when planning property transactions, with a significant proportion experiencing considerably longer delays. Industry professionals may need to manage client expectations more actively regarding realistic completion timeframes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than one in five homebuyers in the UK are experiencing transaction times of at least six months from offer acceptance to completion, according to new research. A survey of 1,000 homeowners conducted by Lyons Bowe found that 22% of buyers saw the process extend beyond six months, whilst a quarter of respondents reported timescales […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-second-home"],"yoast_head":"\nProperty transactions taking six months for one in five buyers - Second Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers - Second Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More than one in five homebuyers in the UK are experiencing transaction times of at least six months from offer acceptance to completion, according to new research. A survey of 1,000 homeowners conducted by Lyons Bowe found that 22% of buyers saw the process extend beyond six months, whilst a quarter of respondents reported timescales […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Second Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T03:02:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"973\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/?p=10011\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d1b4955add7c14742a3be9aaae12292\"},\"headline\":\"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-09T03:02:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/?p=10011\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Second Home\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/?p=10011\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers - Second Home\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-09T03:02:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d1b4955add7c14742a3be9aaae12292\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg\",\"width\":780,\"height\":973},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertywire.com\\\/news\\\/uk\\\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Second Home\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d1b4955add7c14742a3be9aaae12292\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/be5e1ed89eef5f3974748e7fc92985bcfb2b595ca712f48dda78b019b41e95f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/be5e1ed89eef5f3974748e7fc92985bcfb2b595ca712f48dda78b019b41e95f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/be5e1ed89eef5f3974748e7fc92985bcfb2b595ca712f48dda78b019b41e95f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/second-home.uk\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers - Second Home","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers - Second Home","og_description":"More than one in five homebuyers in the UK are experiencing transaction times of at least six months from offer acceptance to completion, according to new research. A survey of 1,000 homeowners conducted by Lyons Bowe found that 22% of buyers saw the process extend beyond six months, whilst a quarter of respondents reported timescales […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/","og_site_name":"Second Home","article_published_time":"2026-04-09T03:02:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":780,"height":973,"url":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/?p=10011"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/4d1b4955add7c14742a3be9aaae12292"},"headline":"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers","datePublished":"2026-04-09T03:02:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/?p=10011"},"wordCount":313,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg","articleSection":["Second Home"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/?p=10011","url":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/","name":"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers - Second Home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-09T03:02:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/4d1b4955add7c14742a3be9aaae12292"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg","width":780,"height":973},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.propertywire.com\/news\/uk\/property-transactions-taking-six-months-for-one-in-five-buyers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Property transactions taking six months for one in five buyers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/","name":"Second Home","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/4d1b4955add7c14742a3be9aaae12292","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be5e1ed89eef5f3974748e7fc92985bcfb2b595ca712f48dda78b019b41e95f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be5e1ed89eef5f3974748e7fc92985bcfb2b595ca712f48dda78b019b41e95f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be5e1ed89eef5f3974748e7fc92985bcfb2b595ca712f48dda78b019b41e95f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/second-home.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6318159782b5d40f505e80aefb0f6523.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/second-home.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}