CentreMove, a new property technology platform designed to give buyers, sellers, estate agents, brokers and solicitors a single, real-time view of every stage of a property transaction, today announced its first public release.
Co-founded by Jennifer Sewell, Gordon Sewell and Wayne Quinn, the platform has been developed to address a UK housing market in which up to 24% of agreed property sales failed to complete during early 2026, with collapsed transactions estimated to cost the economy as much as £2 billion every year.
The launch comes as separate research from Santander describes Britain’s housing system as “flawed”, estimating it costs buyers and sellers at least £1.5 billion annually. Meanwhile, the average UK property transaction now takes around six months from listing to completion.
According to a 2026 survey by Legal & General, 48% of UK homeowners ranked moving house as the most stressful life event they had experienced, ahead of divorce (33%) and even having a child (19%).
Rather than simply digitising an outdated process, CentreMove has been built to replace fragmented communication, endless chasing and disconnected information with one shared source of truth, giving every party involved in a transaction access to the same live information, at the same time.
What CentreMove Actually Does
CentreMove works as a shared platform where every party involved in a property transaction logs into the same workspace, rather than relying on separate phone calls, emails and second-hand updates passed along a chain of intermediaries.
Whether you’re the buyer, seller, estate agent, mortgage broker or solicitor, everyone sees the same live information as the transaction progresses.
The platform currently allows users to:
- Verify identity and ownership through identity checks and Land Registry validation before properties are listed or parties communicate, helping reduce fraud and time-wasting enquiries.
- Track every stage of the transaction through a live shared timeline with automatic notifications whenever a milestone is completed or delayed—eliminating the familiar question: “Where are we up to?”
- Prepare legal documentation earlier, allowing sellers to organise searches, supporting documents and legal information before a buyer is even found, enabling solicitors to begin work immediately once a sale is agreed.
- Give buyers greater control by providing access to surveys, title restrictions and other key property information so they can make informed decisions rather than relying solely on summaries from third parties.
- Enable direct communication between buyers and sellers through secure messaging, reducing the layers of relayed emails and phone calls that often turn a simple question into weeks of delay.
Jennifer Sewell, Co-Founder of CentreMove, said:
“We’re not trying to replace estate agents or solicitors. If anything, we’re trying to make their lives easier. Professionals spend far too much time chasing updates that should already be available. When buyers and sellers arrive informed, prepared and able to see exactly where they are, everyone benefits.”
The Scale of the Problem
The UK’s property transaction process continues to suffer from significant inefficiencies.
- Almost one in four agreed property sales in England and Wales failed to complete during the opening months of 2026.
- During one widely reported quarter of 2025, the fall-through rate reached 41%.
- As recently as 2018, around one in five agreed sales failed to complete.
- The average UK property sale now takes five to seven weeks to secure a buyer, followed by a further 16–22 weeks to complete conveyancing.
- Separate industry data places the average conveyancing process alone at approximately 120 days (17 weeks) from instruction to completion.
- Around one in four buyers say they have repeatedly chased their own solicitor for updates.
- One in ten buyers say they do not believe they receive “the whole truth” from the professional legally representing them[^9].
Where the Idea Came From
The concept behind CentreMove was born from a recurring pattern rather than a single incident.
Co-founder and solicitor Gordon Sewell is currently advising on a live legal dispute that demonstrates exactly what happens when information fails to reach the people who need it.
A buyer asked a solicitor, in writing, whether a restriction existed on the use of a property. The solicitor replied:
“Not as far as we are aware.”
Since the solicitor represented the seller and held the relevant information relating to the property, the buyer reasonably relied on that response before paying a substantial deposit.
Unfortunately, the restriction did exist.
The mortgage subsequently failed, the transaction collapsed and the parties are now involved in legal proceedings concerning the deposit.
Sewell said:
“CentreMove would have avoided the dispute entirely. Instead of relying on one response, the buyer could have run searches independently, accessed the information directly or contacted the seller before making an offer—let alone paying a substantial deposit.”
For co-founder Wayne Quinn, whose career has focused on building businesses by challenging accepted ways of working, property presented the next obvious opportunity.
“I’ve always believed the biggest opportunities aren’t found by improving something by five per cent. They’re found by questioning why everyone accepts the problem in the first place. People don’t actually want more technology—they want fewer unknowns. If we can remove uncertainty from property transactions, we don’t just make moving home faster—we make better decisions possible.”
What’s Next
Today’s announcement marks the first public release of CentreMove rather than the completion of the platform.
Phase Two is already underway and will introduce deeper lender integrations, commercial property functionality and additional automation across the transaction process.
The company’s longer-term ambition is to create the UK’s centralised property transaction platform—bringing buyers, sellers, estate agents, conveyancers, brokers and lenders together around a single trusted source of information.
CentreMove is now inviting estate agents, conveyancers, mortgage brokers, lenders, journalists and everyday buyers and sellers to explore the platform and provide feedback ahead of its wider rollout.
A CentreMove spokesperson said:
“We didn’t build this behind closed doors, and we’re not going to finish it behind closed doors either. If something’s clunky, tell us. If something’s missing, tell us that too. This platform exists for the people who use it, so their feedback will help shape where it goes next.”
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