Cal Graham, property expert at We Buy Any Home, said many buyers and sellers underestimate how vulnerable a property transaction remains after an offer has been agreed.
The data showed that while 6% of property deals fell through and did not return, 23% of transactions fell through initially but completed later.
Around 26% of agreed UK property sales fell through before completion in 2025, with buyer hesitation and mortgage difficulties replacing chain breaks as the main causes.
Quarterly data showed peak activity in Q3 2022, with 337,730 sales completed and 90,188 fall throughs, the highest since early 2018.
Over a quarter of property sales failed to complete in 2024, according to Quick Move Now. Buyer withdrawals and difficulties securing mortgages were the top reasons, with interest rates and inflation continuing to challenge the market. Experts predict a cautiously positive mood for 2025.
Of the sales that fell through in the first quarter of this year, 47% were due to a buyer changing their mind or attempting to renegotiate price.
Home Sale Pack analysed residential fall-through data from TwentyCI and measured it against the estimated cost of a collapsed sale.
35% of property sales fell through in 2023, according to new figures from Quick Move Now.
New data reveals that 27.3% of property sales in England and Wales fell through between July and September 2023.
Mark Snape, chief executive officer of Broker Conveyancing, shares his thoughts on the rise of fall throughs and how they can be avoided.
The average cost of a fall-through during the second quarter of 2023 was £3,394, up from £3,355 in Q1.
The data revealed that just under 25% of property sales failed to reach completion, a significant drop from the previous quarter's 55.8% fall-through rate.