Research & Data — UK Quick-Sale Market

Our own 2025 data — 5,000 enquiries

• 80–92%what our vetted buyers paid
• 27 daysaverage completion time
• 0%cash-sale fall-through (vs ~30% open market)
• 5,000enquiries analysed (Jan–Dec 2025)

Full breakdown in the Quick-Sale Data Report 2025. Wider-market context figures are in the reports below, with method and sources.

The 2026 reports

• RSS Quick-Sale Data Report 2025 (our own data) — Our own figures from 5,000 enquiries: vetted buyers paid 80– 92% of value, 27-day average completion, and a 0% cash fall-through rate vs ~30% on the open market.
• Fast Sale Industry Report 2026 — The size, shape and direction of the UK quick house-sale market — volumes, players, pricing and where the sector is heading.
• Average Cash Offer Percentage (UK) — What cash house buyers actually pay as a percentage of market value in 2026 — by buyer type, property and region.
• Fast Sale Completion Times by Company — How long a genuine cash sale takes from offer to completion, benchmarked against the open market and by buyer category.
• Property Investor Purchase Data — Who is buying, what they pay, and which strategies (BTL, BRRR, flips, lease options) drive UK investor purchases in 2026.
• Probate Property Sale Statistics — How long probate property sales take, how often they fall through, and what executors typically achieve on price.

For journalists & editors

Our data and our founder, Lisa Hayes, are available for comment on UK house prices, mortgage rates, quick house sales, repossession, probate and the fast house-sale industry. We can provide figures, context and named quotes on deadline.

How we compile it

Figures combine primary public sources (HM Land Registry, ONS, the Bank of England, Gov.uk, HMCTS, NAPB and The Property Ombudsman) with Ready Steady Sell’s own enquiry data. Ranges are 2026 working figures and vary by property, condition and region; we flag any estimate and never present it as confirmed data. The verified annual dataset is published here on release.