Rejected petition: If you pull out of a house sale, you are liable for any costs incurred
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If a buyer pulls out of a house sale, they should be liable for any costs incurred by all parties involved.
It is wrong that buyers can change their mind at any point leaving other parties to pick up legal costs, searches, reservation fees etc..
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for similar action: "Amend the home buying process in England to align with Scotland" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/739512
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.