Petition · past parliament

Change the conveyancing process in England to make buying & selling more secure.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

We understand that approx 30% of home sales in England breakdown and sometimes even at the point of exchange - when people have put time, effort and their heart into buying / selling a property!

Every country in the world has a regulated system other than England - let’s get this changed!
Loads of hard earned money is being spent in trying to buy / sell properties and the unregulated system in England is causing unnecessary stress!

Let’s make a change now!

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand you're concerned about the risk of property purchases falling through, however it's not clear what you'd like the Government to do to make this process "more secure".

If there was a specific change to the law relating to property sales that you would like to be changed, you could start a petition about that.

You might like to sign these petitions which call for related actions:

'Ensure home buyers have better consumer protection instead of buyer beware rule': Ensure home buyers have better consumer protection instead of buyer beware rule

'Make house buying the same legal process in England and Wales as is in Scotland': Make house buying the same legal process in England and Wales as is in Scotland

Timeline

8 Sep 2021 Petition opened for signatures
14 Sep 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Sep 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.