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1627296

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a blind bidding system for purchasing houses.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	184840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>In last year's Levelling Up White Paper, we committed to improving the availability of upfront property information in a digital format. We will set out further steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/05/2023 16:07:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1612242

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the balance of risk between the buyer and seller of a house when entering a contract.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	181533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming the home buying and selling process and has set its intent to work with industry to ensure the better availability of essential property information upfront, in a digital format. As a result, buyers will have all the critical information they need to know before making an offer on a property, which should lead to an increased level of commitment once an offer is accepted.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/04/2023 14:58:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1608514

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the trends in the number of house sales in the housing market in the last six months; and what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of property sales.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	176709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>Information about property sales in the UK is published every month by HM Revenue and Customs and can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fmonthly-property-transactions-completed-in-the-uk-with-value-40000-or-above&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Caaf417b5acec4c6eb4a208db4188bb1b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638175827718842915%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=f6CX6s9we6tzUHFDZuAVoZsQ6k298%2BiXsEPKi0yvbe0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. We committed to improving the home buying and selling process in the Levelling Up White Paper, by working with industry to ensure that potential buyers have access to critical information in an accurate and timely digital format.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/04/2023 11:07:13 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1567948

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reductions in the number of housing sales on the housing market.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	126647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility produces forecasts on the housing market, which can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fobr.uk%2Fefo%2Feconomic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2022%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cea8db0d3e6e74aac706008dafe33c355%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638101795508900749%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=h441VrobYZOJuQgABhzokFBmThofEODscmfWT%2BEaz4w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/01/2023 17:54:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1523565

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many residential property sales were registered at HM Land Registry across (a) all properties and (b) new-build properties in each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those were to (i) UK companies, (ii) overseas companies, (iii) UK-based individuals and (iv) individuals based overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	65632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>HM Land Registry Price Paid Data available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads</a> contains information on property sales, broken down by local authority. The last three years’ data is provided with this answer in a separate spreadsheet. In summary, the breakdown is as set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Residential</p></td><td><p>Residential classified as new build</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>337,540</p></td><td><p>3,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>964,359</p></td><td><p>54,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>729,743</p></td><td><p>85,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>839,999</p></td><td><p>112,303</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We will place a detailed breakdown between UK and overseas companies, and individuals providing UK and non-UK correspondence addresses as soon as possible in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:22:53 question first ministerially corrected 27/10/2022 14:19:01 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell attachment 1 file name Question 65632 - HMLR statistics - residential and new build residential 2019 - 2022 .xlsx title HMLR stats - res/new build res 2019-22 previous answer version 27864 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1521396

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a scheme to help private tenants buy their current home similar to the Help to Buy scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	62036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to helping people into home ownership, and helping first time buyers, including those currently renting, to get on the housing ladder. We operate a range of government schemes including Help to Buy, First Homes, Shared Ownership, Lifetime ISA and mortgage guarantee scheme; and we continually keep options to support first-time buyers under consideration.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 17/10/2022 16:21:03 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1462465

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to help buyers with modest deposits and a mortgage offer reasonably compete with investors and cash buyers that may offer significantly more than the asking price in bidding contests for residential properties.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	1359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>As set out in our Levelling Up White Paper, this Government is committed to giving everyone the opportunity to flourish. We will ensure home ownership is within the reach of many more people.</p><p>The Government is committed to increase first-time buyer numbers in all regions, and will do so by looking at all of the factors that influence ownership levels, including housing supply and the availability of low deposit mortgages. <br> <br>We will also explore further options to limit the competition first-time buyers face. This means looking at all of the options available to government to limit the factors which are pricing out local people, seeking to learn from international comparators.</p><p>This Government runs a range of schemes to help people into home ownership such as First Homes, mortgage guarantee scheme, Help to Buy: Equity Loan, Shared Ownership and Lifetime ISA.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/05/2022 14:47:41 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1399794

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what effect the UK leaving the EU has had on the residential housing market.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	98259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>HMRC publishes monthly data on UK Residential Property transactions and their latest seasonally adjusted data is available up to August 2021.</p><p>This data shows that in the 19 months since the UK left the EU there have been 1,996,090 transactions and this compares with 1,871,840 transactions in the 19 month period prior to leaving the EU. <br> <br>The volume of property transactions is influenced by a large range of factors and differences should not be attributed to any single factor. For example, the figures for the period after leaving the EU will include the impact of Covid restrictions and temporary changes to Stamp Duty rates.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/01/2022 14:38:35 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1383866

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a limit on the level of legal fees that can be imposed upon a homeowner trying to sell their home in the event that the buyer pulls out late in that process.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	85368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that the process for buying and selling homes in England and Wales can be frustrating. In our response to the Call for Evidence for improving the home buying and selling process, we set out actions we will take to make the process more efficient and less costly.</p><p>One part of this work is encouraging the adoption of voluntary reservation agreements. These would see buyers and sellers committing to the sale once an offer has been accepted and may include both sides making a financial commitment which would be surrendered to the other side if the party withdraws without good reason. These agreements will provide more certainty for both sides as the sale moves forward to completion; reducing the risk of parties withdrawing from transactions. In the event a party does withdraw the other side may get some financial compensation to cover their costs.</p><p>In order to be widely taken up, reservation agreements need to be attractive to buyers and sellers, and promoted by estate agents and legal representatives. Following behavioural insight research, work is now continuing to develop the agreements to make them an effective tool in improving the efficiency of home buying and selling and we hope to be able to evaluate their effectiveness next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/12/2021 16:09:08 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1351037

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if will he make it his policy to give priority to buyers in the property market who intend to live in the property over investors and buy-to-let landlords.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	41345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the adverse effect that large numbers of second homes can have on some areas, and that is why we have introduced a series of measures to help mitigate those effects, including introducing higher rates of stamp duty for purchases of additional properties, such as second homes.</p><p>We are committed to supporting first time buyers, and ensuring that enough homes are built in the places where people and communities need them. Our new First Homes scheme will provide new homes at a discount of at least 30 percent, prioritised for local first-time buyers. <br> <br>Over 734,000 households have been helped to purchase a home since Spring 2010 through Government-backed schemes such as Help to Buy: Equity Loan and Right to Buy. New initiatives including First Homes, the new model of Shared Ownership and the £11.5 billion affordable homes programme will bring more affordable housing to those who need it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:42:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols