Written questions

Leasehold: Sales

Commons · Question 75387 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to require estate agents and other sellers of residential property to include risk warnings in property listings where the tenure is leasehold.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Sep 2025

Under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, property listings must not omit information that the average consumer needs to make an informed transactional decision.On 9 February, the government announced action to improve the availabilit...