Question follow-through · 87197
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to implement the same rules on (a) binding contracts and (b) upfront information in property transactions as are in place in Scotland.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to implement the same rules on (a) binding contracts and (b) upfront information in property transactions as are in place in Scotland.
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2025
Answer published
On 6 October 2025, the government published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. The consultations include proposals to require sellers and estate agents to provide u...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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