Written questions

Housing: Sales

Commons · Question 6140 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of gazundering in the residential property market; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of brin

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 10 Jun 2026

On 6 October 2025, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling, including the use of conditional contracts to make transactions binding at an early stage and requiring upfront property informat...