Question follow-through · 14202
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average upfront cost for a seller under the proposed home buying and selling reforms.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average upfront cost for a seller under the proposed home buying and selling reforms.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jul 2026
Answer published
The home buying and selling reform roadmap, which can be found on gov.uk here, which sets out an ambitious package of reform for the sector including improving upfront information in listings and through the introduction of sales packs; introducing bindin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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