PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(19 May 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has (a) set and (b) plans to set a target for the average time taken to complete a residential property purchase as part of its home buying and selling reform programme.

Asked by:
Claire Young (Liberal Democrat)

Ministers and officials from my Department regularly engage with a range of stakeholders to discuss issues relating to home buying and selling.

While we closely monitor industry data relating to property transactions as part of our policymaking process, my Department does not collect data on the reasons for residential property transaction failures.

On 6 October, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here.

Both consultations closed on 29 December. We are now reviewing the feedback received.

Subject to the outcomes of the analysis being undertaken, we will publish a roadmap setting out further details of our reforms later this year.

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