Greater independent regulation and oversight throughout buying a new home

Closed 29 signatures

What the petition asks

Stressful enough, the process of buying a new house is fraught with legal traps and hidden charges for the consumer, where developers have free-reign to act as they please. Just like the majority of other industries, we need a body to provide advice to consumers and help when things go wrong.

Buyers being forced to queue in the freezing cold overnight for the right to reserve a property should not happen in the 21st Century, and neither should waiting almost a year trapped, having legally exchanged contracts, to move in.

Thanks to schemes like help-to-buy it is getting easier for first time buyers to purchase, and new-build properties are the key. The NHBC is there to help when you've moved in, but we need an independent regulating body to help through the process of purchasing.

Timeline

21 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
21 Dec 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 29

Status Closed

Opened 21 Jun 2016

Closed 21 Dec 2016

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