Anyone who has sold a home knows the feeling: weeks of near silence, punctuated by phone calls to an estate agent or solicitor who promises to “come back to you” by the end of the day.
CentreMove, a new UK property platform, believes that should never have become the normal way to sell a house. The company has launched a platform designed to replace fragmented communication with a single, shared view of every stage of a property transaction.
The platform gives buyers, sellers, estate agents, mortgage brokers and solicitors real-time visibility of exactly where a transaction stands, updating automatically whenever progress is made rather than when someone remembers to send an email or make a phone call.
Co-founded by Jennifer Sewell, Gordon Sewell and Wayne Quinn, CentreMove has been developed to tackle long-standing inefficiencies in the UK housing market. Up to 24% of agreed sales in England and Wales failed to complete during the early months of 2026, while collapsed property transactions are estimated to cost the UK economy as much as £2 billion every year. Separate research from Santander estimates Britain’s “flawed” housing system costs at least £1.5 billion annually.
It is not only failed transactions that take their toll. Research published by L&G in 2026 found that 48% of UK homeowners ranked moving house as the most stressful life event they had experienced ahead of divorce (33%) and having a child (19%).
The Scale of the Problem
The figures behind that stress are significant. Nearly a quarter of agreed sales in England and Wales failed to complete during the first months of 2026, while one widely reported quarter in 2025 saw fall-through rates reach as high as 41%. As recently as 2018, around one in five agreed sales failed to complete.
Even when a sale succeeds, the process remains slow. The average UK property takes between five and seven weeks to find a buyer, followed by a further 16 to 22 weeks to complete conveyancing. Other data suggests the conveyancing process alone averages around 120 days, or approximately 17 weeks, from instruction to completion.
For homeowners, that often means months of uncertainty while waiting for updates that CentreMove believes should be visible from the very beginning.
“We’re not trying to replace estate agents or solicitors,” said Jennifer Sewell, co-founder of CentreMove. “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.”
What It Means for Home Sellers
Rather than relying on separate phone calls, emails and updates passed between multiple parties, CentreMove provides every participant in a transaction with access to the same live platform.
For sellers, this includes:
- A real-time transaction tracker showing exactly which stage the sale has reached, complete with automatic notifications whenever a milestone is completed or delayed.
- The ability to prepare legal documentation, property searches and supporting paperwork before an offer has even been accepted, reducing delays later in the process.
- Identity verification and Land Registry checks before a property is listed or before buyers can engage, helping reduce fraud and time-wasting enquiries.
- Secure direct messaging between buyers and sellers without every conversation having to pass through an estate agent or solicitor.
- A dedicated buyer dashboard providing access to surveys, title information and property-specific documentation, allowing buyers to investigate issues directly rather than repeatedly requesting information through third parties.
“I’ve always believed the biggest opportunities aren’t found by improving something by five per cent,” said Wayne Quinn, co-founder of CentreMove. “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.”
How CentreMove Works
CentreMove has been designed to follow the natural progression of a property sale.
Before a property is listed, the platform verifies the seller’s identity and checks Land Registry records to help prevent fraudulent listings and reduce unnecessary enquiries.
Once listed, sellers can begin preparing legal documentation, property searches and supporting paperwork immediately, rather than waiting until an offer has been accepted before starting the legal process. When an offer is agreed, the transaction moves onto a shared live tracker visible to the buyer, seller, estate agent, broker and solicitor, with automatic notifications whenever progress is made or delays occur.
Throughout the transaction, buyers and sellers can communicate directly through the platform instead of relying solely on intermediaries.
CentreMove’s development has been informed by the kinds of issues that arise in real property transactions, where buyers and sellers can be working from different information and important details are not always visible to everyone involved.
“Many property disputes stem from a lack of transparency rather than a lack of intent,” said Gordon Sewell. “If everyone involved can access the same information at the right time, potential issues are far more likely to be identified and resolved before they become costly disputes. A platform like CentreMove helps ensure buyers, sellers and their advisers are working from a single, up-to-date source of information throughout the transaction.”
Trialling the Platform
CentreMove is inviting buyers, sellers, estate agents, mortgage brokers and solicitors to trial the platform and provide feedback ahead of its wider rollout.
“We didn’t build this behind closed doors, and we’re not going to finish it behind closed doors either,” a CentreMove spokesperson said. “If something’s clunky, tell us. If something’s missing, tell us that too. This platform exists for its users, so their feedback is what will actually shape where it goes next.”
What’s Next
The company describes the current launch as the beginning of a longer product rollout rather than a finished platform. Future development will include deeper lender integrations, commercial property functionality and additional automation across the transaction process. CentreMove says it will continue working with estate agents, conveyancers, mortgage brokers, lenders, journalists and everyday buyers and sellers to shape future releases through ongoing feedback.
About the Founders
Jennifer Sewell is a co-founder of CentreMove and a practising solicitor focused on ensuring the platform delivers a better experience for buyers and sellers throughout the transaction process. Gordon Sewell is a co-founder of CentreMove and a practising solicitor whose experience advising on complex property disputes directly informed the platform’s emphasis on transparency and early access to information. Wayne Quinn is a co-founder of CentreMove whose career has centred on building businesses in industries ready for change. He describes the UK property transaction process as “the obvious next challenge.”
About CentreMove
CentreMove is a UK property technology platform that gives buyers, sellers, estate agents, mortgage brokers and solicitors a single, real-time view of every stage of a property transaction. Co-founded by Jennifer Sewell, Gordon Sewell and Wayne Quinn, CentreMove is a product of NBS Technologies, based in Beverley, England.