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Flats: Valuation

Commons · Question 71108 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting shared ownership staircasing valuations to be (a) appealed or (b) negotiated by shared owners, using evidence

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Sep 2025

The price paid by shared owners for staircasing is based on the property's full open 'Market Value' (defined in the shared ownership model leases) as determined by an independent Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) valuer.RICS valuations will ...