UK ministers called ‘to get’ with stronger homebuyer protection

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The ministers plan to join the reconstruction of the customer, with a consumer group, which developed more rights than a house when buying more from a house.

The appeal has increased more than 100 times compared to the new houses of the consumer, the voice of the consumer, voluntarily ombudsman service.

The new houses starting in 2022 Ombudsman scheme (NHOS) offer a service for recipients of new houses to solve disputes with the buyers of new houses, which can change the defective claims with the completed property.

However, the developers voluntary participation in the scheme, 65-70 percent of 545 percent were registered in the market.

Most of the greatest developers in the UK signed a scheme, but NHOs had a “long tail” of small developers who are members of the financial time this week.

By expanding the ambitious plans to build a new house to 1.5mn until 2030, the Homeowner’s union should be compulsory the government’s scheme.

“It’s completely nervous,” said Paula Higgins, Chief Executive Director of the Homeowners Union.

“Indeed, there is no excuse for the initial legislative place (to make the scheme legislature), as they have done a lot of effort. They have done a lot of work, they should really finish what they started.”

He added: “This is separated from many recipients not protected from evil deeds. As you cannot return to a house for many new home buyers, they will receive more protection than a new house.”

After the investigation of the competition and markets, after 2024 investigations, the protection for the recipients of the new houses increased concerns around some new buildings.

In 2023, about 123,000 new houses in England have been completed.

The CMA investigation has completed the quality of houses made from home and no strong properties to compete in consumers, and the restoration has not had the unknown routes. The guard found the “growing number” of the hosts, more information was provided about the fact that new buildings or the issues determined after the end of the house.

According to the CMA report, there are serious problems with new houses such as stairs and ceilings, stairs and ceilings.

CMA advised the government to protect the newcomers in the UK’s “as soon as possible” in the “as soon as possible”, “as soon as possible” “Nommudsman Scheme”. In August last year, the government accepted this recommendation.

According to NHOS, the complaints from home building in the last three years have increased in the last three years.

“Most of the most issues can be physically aspects of a property – defects and snacks, but often the General Ombudsman in NHO with customer service or sales promises.

“The worst issues we have seen are still prone to developers in cases where the SXEM and customers have no protection of NHOs.”

He added: “The government will be a pleasant development and the scheme said that all customers are covered by a scheme.”

The housing, communities and local government departments remained “they committed” to force the scheme – but did not offer a table.

“When new home buyers are going wrong and managed by the sector, we will provide a legal home ombudsman that can protest the developers,” he said. Apartment, communities and the Ministry of Local Government

“This will help deliver 1.5mn quality houses as part of our change and will provide more information in the required course.”