Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 4951

Housing: Sales

Tabled: 9 September 2024
Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

Claire Hazelgrove

LabourFilton and Bradley Stoke

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of levels of house (a) buyers and (b) sellers withdrawing from a sale at the last minute.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Government recognises that the current home buying and selling process in England is slow, costly and stressful, and that transactions falling through can contribute to this.On average, around one in three transactions fall through before completion, ...

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