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Change the house selling and buying process in England

Submitted on Saturday 21st May 2022

Rejected on Monday 15th August 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change the house selling and buying process in England

Petition Details

Change the system to a binding situation with a deposit on offer acceptance and a set completion date. Make it too difficult for someone to pull out like they can right now. Seller to provide searches. Many other countries have it right being able to move in less than 6 weeks. No more gazumping pls!

Additional Information

The process is too slow, and so much time and money wasted when buyers (especially) pull out. If a deposit is paid which is binding, it will encourage buyers to be more serious and ensure they are able to proceed. In Scotland buyers are committed once an offer is accepted. The process in Australia and America is so much better. Family and friends are aghast at our system here which takes many months, even years sometimes. Such a waste of time and money, not to mention the stress. Please change!


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/611430

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