how long does a house sale take from offer to completion?

Question

we have no chain and the buyer has sold his property.he is as deperate to move in as we are to move out.

Answer 1

In the same situation it took me 10 weeks between completion and moving in.

Keep hassling your solicitor to makes sure things are being pushed along. Don't assume they're gonig as fast as they can just because yuo're paying them.

Answer 2

This is determined by what the buyer and seller agree to through the purchase contract. It is open for negotiation and things like financing or the sale of other proerties (contingencies) can affect the length of time each transaction requires. In either case, it is spelled out in the purchase contract.

Here is some additional info. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

It depends on the solicitor, in theory it should only take the time the banks need to clear the money, and with today's technology and electronic banking and if the solicitor is able to do it then in could take as less as 10 mins but solicitors like to make a big song and dance about it.

Answer 4

if u are lucky, then it might take as little as 4 weeks. i was in a similar position about 4 years ago, and even with no chain involved, it still took 6 weeks to have all the land registry checks and everything else done. it depends on how quickly both sets of solicitors work. good luck !

Answer 5

This is one of life's mysteries.

Theoretically it should take very little time but usually seems to take weeks and weeks

Problem is all the waiting for everyone to get off their butts and carry out the necessary paperwork/searches etc

Everyone blames the next person and unless you become a persistant pain in their backsides it can drag on

Good luck

Answer 6

Once you have the searches back it could go through straighaway searches can take anything up to 4 weeks it depends on the council

Answer 7

It can take anywhere from 30 to 45 days -- the length of time it will take the buyers to obtain their mortgage.

Answer 8

Chase your solicitors big style, you should be able to complete within 4 weeks in these circumstances. Good Luck xx

Answer 9

all depends mine went through in about 6 wks, however a friend of mine took nearly 4 months. usually comes down to how quick the solicitors want to be

Answer 10

Normally 8 weeks, but it really can be done in about 4 weeks in a situation like yours.