House for sale in Yorkshire? Expect an offer in 55 days

The region comes towards the bottom of a “property hotspots” table, which names Northampton, Edinburgh, Bristol and Salford as the cities in which sellers are most likely to get a quick offer.

Zoopla made the findings after looking at the typical length of time between a home going up for sale on its website and the property listing changing to “under offer”, in 50 large towns and cities outside inner London.

Lawrence Hall, a spokesman for Zoopla, said across Britain, the average length of time between putting a home up for sale and achieving an offer is 47 days.

Looking across the country, the regions with the shortest average length of time for properties to go under offer are the South East of England and the East of England, where it takes 42 days typically.

Properties in Wales sit on the market for the longest length of time typically, taking 66 days on average to go under offer.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS TO SECURE AN OFFER ACROSS BRITAIN ACCORDING TO ZOOPLA, FOLLOWED BY THE AVERAGE PROPERTY VALUE:

• South East England, 42, £400,054

• East of England, 42, £345,554

• East Midlands, 44, £205,437

• West Midlands, 45, £213,772

• Scotland, 46, £180,374

• London, 46, £659,627

• South West England, 50, £285,406

• Yorkshire and the Humber, 55, £170,841

• North West England, 55, £184,960

• North East England, 61, £184,275

• Wales, 66, £179,890