Sell Your House Fast In Leeds

Are you struggling to sell your house fast in Leeds? You’re not the only one. In 2024, the Yorkshire Evening Post published an article highlighting how property data revealed the average time to sell property in Leeds was 131.25 days (just over 18 weeks). That may seem like a long time (and it is) but it’s actually below the average time of sale for property in the UK, which was 25 weeks (185 days) according to Zoopla data. 

Still, for many homeowners in Leeds, 18 weeks is far too long to wait to sell property. That level of delay can increase your stress and overall costs. It might also prevent you from securing your next dream home. Selling your house fast in Leeds can have significant positives, including avoiding unwanted bills and fees, moving on from a potentially bad situation or simply getting through a relatively stressful time in your life. 

One positive about the property market in Leeds at the moment is what you can expect to get for your house or flat. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), average house prices in Leeds increased 9.5% between April 2024 and April 2025. We’re now seeing homeowners getting £247,000 on average for house sales. As you can see in the graph below, this is a similar trajectory as seen across the UK.

Table of Contents:

• What could impact your property sale times and prices in Leeds?

• What are the average house prices in Leeds right now?

• Leeds property prices by area

• Why do property sales in Leeds take so long?

• How a cash buyer can help you sell your house in Leeds fast

• The pros and cons of selling your Leeds house to a cash buyer

• The benefits of selling your Leeds house fast to a cash buyer

• Is it really that hard to sell a house in Leeds quickly?

• Types of Leeds properties we purchase as a cash buyer

• Areas in Leeds we purchase property

• How much will a cash buyer offer for your Leeds property?

• Is now a good time to sell a house in Leeds?

• Can you trust a cash buyer like The Property Buying Company?

• Frequently Asked Questions

What could impact your property sale times and prices in Leeds?

As you can see, now is one of the best times in recent history to sell property in Leeds. However, since the increases in stamp duty costs went into effect in April 1, 2025, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has reported a consistent decline in buyer inquiries, according to the Times. Despite this, property sales are expected to remain steady, but could also stagnate.

Another potential consideration for sellers is the recently announced £39 billion 10-year plan by the UK Government to build more affordable housing throughout the UK, as reported by The Sun. This budget is intended to help regions around the UK build 1.5 million new homes.

While this is great news for many UK citizens who are struggling to afford homes, it could negatively impact the value of current property. Although there are no guarantees of this happening, we often see this when a market becomes oversaturated with housing options. It may not necessarily lower property values, it could make it harder to sell your Leeds house fast. It could also stagnate prices.

There are many other variables that could increase property sale times in the future. This includes global market uncertainty and any further changes to stamp duty, mortgage rates or other financial elements associated with property sales.

Leeds specifically has seen a decrease in property transactions in approximately the last 12 months. According to Plumplot data, there were 9,500 property sales between March 2024 and March 2025. This was an 8.2% decrease compared to the previous 12 months.

Despite this decrease in sales and buyer interest, there have been positive projections for the Yorkshire property market. FSS Property has projected a 3-5% increase in house prices within Yorkshire in 2025. However, like many projections, this should be taken with a grain of salt and is entirely dependent on all the variables we’ve just mentioned, plus many more.

What are the average house prices in Leeds right now?

As we covered at the top of this page, Leeds has seen solid growth in property values over the last 12 months or so. Here’s a quick breakdown of the average prices in Leeds right now across all property types.

Bear in mind that this data has been sourced from the ONS and was last updated on the 18th of June 2025, so there may be some discrepancies between what you see here and what your house or flat may get valued at. We’ve included this information here more as a guide, but it’s always best to get up-to-date valuations before deciding whether to sell. To help you with this, we recommend reading our guide on working out how much your house is worth.

Leeds property prices by area

Keep in mind that the data above takes all Leeds properties into account and that, as we show below, your location can drastically change the value of your property. For instance, a terraced house in Roundhay may be as valuable, if not more valuable, than a semi-detached house in Headingley. Similarly a detached house in Moorside may not be as valuable as a flat in Alwoodley.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the 10 most expensive and the 10 least expensive areas in Leeds for property sales. We’ve taken these figures from recent property sales data from Zoopla and Rightmove.

10 Most Expensive Areas

10 Least Expensive Areas

Why do property sales in Leeds take so long?

There are numerous reasons why property sales slow down and none of them are exclusive to Leeds. Although Leeds property sales are slightly faster than the UK average, they’re still impacted by the same reasons many house sales experience delays.

However, it’s important to remember that these reasons don’t affect every type of sale the same way. As you’ll see from the below table, certain sale routes (e.g. traditional real estate agents) are impacted by more of these sale elements than others. If you choose the right sale route, you may not experience these lengthy delays. It’s just something to consider when weighing up your options.

As you can see, there are many opportunities throughout the sale process for you to experience delays. However, if you prioritise speed and choose to sell through a professional cash buyer, such as The Property Buying Company (TPBC), you can avoid many of these elements altogether. It’s why many of our property sales a completed after 2-3 weeks and some are even as fast as seven days.

Speed is something sellers really value about working with us.

How a cash buyer can help you sell your house in Leeds fast

We can appreciate it may seem unrealistic to think you can sell your house in Leeds as fast as seven days. However, there are numerous reasons why we can purchase your property a lot faster than most buyers, including those found through estate agents or at auctions.

Firstly, we’re not hamstrung by so many of the elements that result in lengthy delays. We have up to £10 million in cash put aside for purchasing property. This means we don’t need to apply for a mortgage. We also aren’t part of a property chain, so you don’t need to worry about other sales falling through and affecting our agreement.

We’re going to break down how we do it, step by step. Most of the time, it’s as simple as three steps, which are outlined on this detailed page about how it works selling through TPBC. However, for the sake of transparency and to equip you as best we can to make this decision, we’re going to cover it in six steps.

The pros and cons of selling your Leeds house to a cash buyer

Before you decide to get in touch with us about your Leeds property, we want to make sure you have all the information you need. We don’t want to mislead you by saying choosing a cash buyer is the best solution for everyone, because it isn’t. You’ll need to weigh up the pros and cons of this avenue and decide if it suits your priorities.

We should say that these pros are based on what we, The Property Buying Company, offer our clients. Not all cash buyers offer the same pros, such as covering all your fees or guaranteeing sales.

The benefits of selling your Leeds house fast to a cash buyer

While selling your house fast to a cash buyer may not result in you getting 100% of your property’s market value, there are numerous advantages worth considering. This is especially true if your main priority is to sell your house quickly and move on.

Let’s say you’re living abroad and need to sell your house in Leeds, you might benefit from a quick and simple transaction that’s easily done from abroad. This was the case for one of our recent clients,

Here are some other main benefits to selling your Leeds house quickly to a cash buyer:

1. Reduced stress and costs

Selling your house in as little as seven days can greatly reduce your overall stress and costs throughout the process. Think about how many back-and-forth emails and additional bills (e.g. council tax and utilities) you may need to deal with if it takes four months or longer to sell. Then there’s the added stress of buyers dropping out and unresponsive estate agents and lawyers, who can continue to bill you for every additional step or task.

2. No exhausting open houses or viewings

Whether you’re running them yourself or paying someone to do it, holding multiple open houses can be exhausting. Not to mention if you find yourself in a position where you’re hosting individual house viewings just to make the sale. With a cash buyer, you don’t need to bother with any of that, saving you time, energy and potentially money.

3. Freedom to move to your next home

If your house is part of a property chain, you will usually need to sell it before you can move into your next home. In this situation, your sale will usually fund your next purchase, so if it takes months for the sale to go through you may be waiting longer than necessary to move. This can be emotionally and mentally taxing for a lot of homeowners who want to move on from a property due to tragic or stressful circumstances, such as a divorce or death in the family.

Is it really that hard to sell a house in Leeds quickly?

Every property sale is different. While the average time to sell in Leeds may be around 18 weeks, your experience may be longer or shorter. Different areas in Leeds are also likely to have different levels of buyer interest. The time to sell can also be impacted by everchanging market conditions, both locally and globally.

In short, there’s no way to predict how hard it will be to sell your particular property in Leeds. However, based on the data we’ve already covered on this page and what we’re seeing in recent news reports, selling a house quickly in Leeds can be difficult.

In February 2025, the Yorkshire Evening Post published an article outlining the 10 streets in Leeds where selling a house takes the longest. The report was compiled using data from a third-party property source and highlighted that the slowest streets in Leeds were seeing homeowners having to wait more than 200 days to sell. These streets with the slowest average sale times including Foundry Lane (246 days), North Street (248 days), York Place (264 days), Railway Road (319 days) and Squirrel Way (453 days). The article also mentioned that Devonshire Avenue was found to be the quickest street for selling property with an average wait of 57 days.

This just goes to show how much your time to sell can vary depending on your location alone, not to mention all the other factors. It also demonstrates that even on the fastest selling streets in Leeds, you’re still having to wait almost two months to sell. Based on this data, it’s safe to say that in the current market you may have trouble selling quickly in Leeds.

Types of Leeds properties we purchase as a cash buyer

One of the benefits of us as cash buyer is that we purchase practically any property in any condition. While your property’s type and condition, as well as your timeline to sell, may influence our cash offer, it will rarely (if ever) prevent us from making an offer or finding another avenue for a sale.

Some common properties we’ve purchased in Leeds in the past and continue to buy today include:

• Flats

• Maisonettes

• Apartments

• Terraced properties

• Semi-detached properties

• Detached properties

• Bungalows

• Properties needing repairs or renovations

• Derelict or abandoned properties

• Properties with short leasehold agreements

Worried about selling a derelict property?

Read our guide on selling an uninhabitable house

Struggling to find a buyer for a leasehold property with a short agreement?

Read our guide on what happens when a leasehold expires

Areas in Leeds we purchase property

Similarly, we don’t tend to discriminate when it comes to location either. Again, while your property’s location may influence the value of our cash offer, it will rarely deter us from making an offer.

We could list all the places we purchase property in Leeds, but it would take up too much space! If you’re wondering whether we’ll purchase your house in a specific location, simply submit your postcode through the widget below to get in contact and find out.

Hint: The answer is yes.

How much will a cash buyer offer for your Leeds property?

We can’t speak for all cash buyers when it comes to your final cash offer. However, if you decide to sell through TPBC, you can expect a cash offer of around 80% of your property’s market value. This of course depends on many factors, including your house’s location and condition. It also depends on how quickly you want to sell.

The faster we purchase your property, the more risk we incur as a buyer. As such, if you want the sale to happen as quickly as possible (e.g. within seven days), we may need to offer less as a result. But if you have more time and are willing to wait 2-4 weeks, we may be able to increase our cash offer by finding you alternative sale options, such as private property investors.

According to our data from 304 property leads in Leeds over the last 2.5 years, our typical cash offer was 19.88% below market value. Of these 304 properties, the average market value was calculated to be £246,481.

According to Zoopla sales data, the average property in Leeds over the last 12 months has sold for £263,483. Rightmove sale data puts this figure slightly higher at £282,577 over the last 12 months. So if we use both these sources, we get an average property value of £273,030.

Based on this figure, our typical cash offer for Leeds property was actually only about 10% below what these established online estate agents were getting. Now consider the additional expenses you might incur when going through a traditional sale route, especially if it takes as long as six months to sell. We’ve included a quick calculation of these based on our average market value of £246,481, using the highest percentage taken by estate agents (3.5%), plus solicitor fees, mortgage repayments and bills you may incur if the sale takes six months.

• Estate agent = £8,626

• Solicitor = £1,270*

• Estimated mortgage repayments over six months = £6,336**

• Estimated utility bills, house insurance and council tax over six months = £2,412***

• Total spent = £18,644

• Percentage of sale price = 7.5%

Based on the above calculation, a cash offer for your house may be only 2.5% to 12.5% lower than what you stand to make by selling through a traditional route. It’s important to consider this difference and work out whether the time and stress you save is worth pocketing slightly less from the sale. Remember, the above expenses could increase if your property is sitting on the market for even longer than six months, as we’re seeing happening for a lot of Leeds houses.

*Calculated using Zoopla’s 2024 figures for a home between £200,000 and £300,000.

**Calculated using a £200,000 mortgage at the current rate (June 2025) of 4%.

***Calculated using Zoopla’s average figures.

Want to know how we compare to other property sale routes?

Read our guide on why choosing a cash buyer might make sense for your situation

Is now a good time to sell a house in Leeds?

Early in 2025, Leeds saw significant growth in property prices with an average increase of 7.2% according to the ONS. This was slightly above the UK average, which saw a 6.4% increase in the same period. So growth is strong and on your side.

However, according to an article published by the Guardian in June 2025, property prices are slipping and the UK is seeing one of the toughest periods for property sellers in 10 years. To be fair, the last 10 years have been prosperous for sellers, so this ‘tough period’ is actually a 0.3% drop in average prices, based off Rightmove data. According to the Guardian, the removal of stamp duty cuts in England and Northern Ireland in April 2025 is a big reason for this drop in average prices.   

“It appears that we’re now seeing the decade-high level of homes for sale, and the recent stamp duty increases in England, have a delayed impact on new sellers’ pricing,” said Rightmove property expert, Colleen Babcock, in the article. “Agents have been telling us that sellers need to set a competitive price to have a better chance of finding a buyer in the current market, and it looks like many are listening and responding to that message.”

There are rarely any guarantees when it comes to the property market, which continues to go through many fluctuations. Based on this most recent data and reports from property experts, right now appears to be a strong time to sell in Leeds, thanks to the recent growth before April 2025. However, if you wait to sell, keep in mind the impact of the stamp duty cuts and other elements on your property’s potential value on the market. It may be the case where you have to lower your price to compete with a saturated market.

Can you trust a cash buyer like The Property Buying Company?

We can appreciate you may feel uneasy about going an untraditional route to sell your house or flat. It’s a pretty normal feeling. But guess what? You’re not the first person we’ve worked with and you won’t be the last.

We have over 2,500 reviews on Trustpilot, which you can read to get a better idea of what it’s like to sell your house with us. You can also watch a number of client testimonial videos to hear exactly why people have appreciated our transparency, honesty, professionality and speed when selling property.

As proud members of The Property Ombudsman and the National Association of Property Buyers, we are a legitimate and professional cash house buyer. We adhere to the strict codes on conduct outlined by these organisations and always strive to uphold high service standards. This means treating you with respect, following stringent sale approaches, and maintaining strong and transparent communication throughout.

When working with our Property Consultants, you can also trust that you’re dealing with good and honest people who are focused on getting the best-possible result for their clients. Raphael Kaye, a Property Consultant Manager with TPBC since 2017, had this to say about his proudest moment working with us:

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