P-05-744 Stop Gazumping: Follow Scotland's Buying Process
P-05-744 Stop Gazumping: Follow Scotland's Buying Process
This petition was submitted by Victoria Bridle,
having collected 18 signatures.
Text
of the Petition
We
call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to review
the way we buy and sell houses and to assess whether it would be possible to
implement a system like Scotland’s to stop gazumping.
Additional Information
My
name is Victoria Bridle. My husband and
I used to live in South East London and moved to North Wales about three and a
half years ago. Just a few weeks ago we put in an offer on a house that we fell
in love with, which was accepted so the House was Sold Subject To Contract. Our
estate agent had told us that they told the other agent to take it off the
market so it was no longer available for viewings or acceptances. Everything was going really well until we got
told by our Estate Agent that the other agent had a phone call saying someone
else put an offer in and that got accepted. So all we paid out was the
Solicitors fees.
We
setup this Petition to try and stop this from happening as we had everything
including a Mortgage offer in place.
To
top it off we even saw the Sellers on the Saturday with our 18 month old to
have a final look around for fixtures and fittings. The sellers even told us what they wanted to
leave for us and we shook on it too. When telling other people they had thought
that Gazumping was illegal, clearly not.
To
top it off I went in to this other agent the other day to ask if they had
anything else on sale. They even tried giving to me the very house we got
Gazumped on. So they are clearly trying to Gazump these people which is clearly
wrong. Please sign this petition and pass it on to family and friends to sign
to try and stop this from happening.
Status
This
petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on
07/03/2017.
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to close the
petition as a result of the additional clarity about the reservation of powers
in this area to the UK Parliament provided by the Wales Act 2017; and write to
the petitioner to suggest that they consider submitting a petition of the UK
Parliament and writing to the UK Government Department for Communities and
Local Government on the issue.
Full
details of the consideration of this petition by the committee and related
documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.
Assembly
Constituency and Region.
- Clwyd West
- North Wales
Further information
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 02/03/2017