HOUSE sales in Dunfermline and West Fife are taking just over 100 days to complete according to data released this week.

Professional house buying firm Property Solvers’ speed of sale tool has revealed that the average time taken to sell a property in West Fife is 15.14 weeks – around 106 days.

Updated monthly, the latest dataset analysed over 124 property sales across the region between February 2023 and February 2024.

The statistics track the moment a property is listed on the UK’s largest property portal Rightmove to the point it’s marked as officially ‘sold’ at the HM Land Registry.

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In the KY12 postcode, out of the 62 tracked properties in the 12 months to February 2024, home sellers were waiting 107 days on average from listing to completion.

Homes were selling the fastest in the KY11 postcode with 62 homes taking an average of 105 days to sell.

Property Solvers co-founder, Ruban Selvanayagam, said: “Although buyer demand hasn’t waned over the course of the pandemic, the length of time for transactions to complete has certainly lengthened.

“Operational activity has still pretty much continued, but the home sales industry – like many others – has had to learn to adapt.

"Many solicitors, mortgage brokers and other professionals in our sector have been working from home which has often resulted in administrative and other operational delays.

“As more people gradually return to offices and agencies, we’re cautiously optimistic about things picking up over the course of the year.”