Question follow-through · 32038
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a process whereby the formal acceptance of a home purchase offer creates a legally binding co
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a process whereby the formal acceptance of a home purchase offer creates a legally binding co
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
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. On 9 February, we announced that we are launching a series of pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Almshouses
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Leasehold
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