Home Journal
Notes on where Britain lives.
Market insight from our own data, product news, and the odd strong opinion. From the team at Home.
How long does it take to sell a house in 2026?
Homes that went under offer in September 2026 had been on the market for a median of 44 days. Glasgow is fastest at 14 days; parts of London take over 80. Here's what speeds a sale up.
Bungalows for sale: where they are and what they cost, October 2026
11,429 bungalows came on the market in the last 30 days, about 1 in 13 new homes for sale. The median asking price was £335,000. In the North they cost more than other houses; in parts of the south, less.
New homes for sale in Birmingham, week to 3 October: 401 listings, five worth a look
401 homes came on the market in Birmingham in the week to 3 October, at a median asking price of £250,000. Here are five that stand out, from a £90,000 studio to an £800,000 Harborne semi.
Inside Reviews and Badges: a rating that needs a booking behind it
A surveying firm's rating on Home cannot be bought or brigaded, because there is no form to fill in. Only a homemover with a completed booking behind them is ever asked.
Inside the Comparable Tool: a median, not magic
The valuation range is a median of adjusted price per square metre, applied to the subject's floor area. No model picks the number, and every step can be reproduced by hand.
Inside the Environmental Report: the free screen every survey gets, and the paid search beside it
Environmental risk is two products at Home, a free screen run on every property from named public datasets and a paid specialist search that sits beside the survey.
Inside the AI Market Appraisal: three models, one median, and a figure the write-up cannot move
Three frontier models value the same house from the same comparables, the middle answer becomes the consensus, and the model that writes the justification is not allowed to change it.
Inside the Snagging Report Builder: structure a site team can close
A snag list is a work list for somebody else, so the Builder spends its effort on structure rather than on writing your prose for you.
Home Asking Price Index, September 2026: prices hold their nerve, the market slows
Average asking prices in England and Wales fell 0.49% over the year to £394,824, while turnover dropped 26% and typical time to sell rose to 61 days.
Prices are holding, sales are not: inside September's asking price index
Asking prices have barely moved in a year. Turnover has fallen 26% and a typical sale now takes 61 days against 39 last September. The adjustment is happening in time, not in price.
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