Submitted on Friday 11th November 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 16th November 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the laws surrounding buying and selling of domestic properties.
Current laws surrounding the sale and purchase of domestic properties are old and unsuitable for the 21st. century housing market. They are unfair, and allow for buyers to 'pull out' of a purchase without penalty, costing sellers thousands of pounds in fees, which they will have to pay again.
Currently, if a person makes an offer on my property for sale, and I accept it, the buyer can pull out of the sale for any reason. Depending of the amount of time elapsed, I would have instructed solicitors who would have done background work and prepared legal documents. In the event of my buyer pulling out, I am financially responsible for all of the costs incurred by my solicitor up to that point. This is unjust. This situation does not happen with Scottish law.
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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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Create financial penalties for property buyers who pull out of purchases: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/624545
Make home sellers liable for costs incurred by buyers if they pull out: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/616634
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