Question follow-through · 19499
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing protections for buyers in the final stages of purchasing a home whereby the formal acceptance of a
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing protections for buyers in the final stages of purchasing a home whereby the formal acceptance of a
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Dec 2024
Answer published
We recognise that the home buying and selling process in England and Wales is inefficient and costly for consumers and professionals with one in three property transactions falling through. We continue to review evidence from other jurisdictions, includin...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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