How long will it take to sell?
What estate and letting agencies need to publish
They are planning a move that depends on this, and want a realistic figure rather than an optimistic one.
How customers actually ask it
The same intent arrives in wording your page probably does not use. All of these mean the same thing:
- “How long will it take to sell?”
- “average time on market”
- “how quickly do you sell”
- “is the market slow”
- “time to complete”
What a complete answer contains
For estate and letting agencies specifically, an answer is only complete when it covers all 5:
- 1
Your genuine average time to offer for the local area, with the period it covers
- 2
That time to offer and time to completion are different, with both figures
- 3
The main factors that move the number: price, condition, chain
- 4
Current local market conditions, honestly
- 5
Explicit avoidance of a guaranteed timeframe, which you cannot honour
A worked example
Illustrative — not a real business
Across our sales in the last twelve months, the average time from listing to accepted offer was 34 days, and from accepted offer to completion a further 14 weeks. Correctly priced properties in good condition move considerably faster than that average.
Which page should own it
Selling guide
What silence costs
Over-promising here produces the complaint that damages agencies most: a vendor who feels misled about timing.
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