John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the Cabinet sub-committee on housing, I know the issue of the gazumping of young people will mean a lot to the Taoiseach. I saw a house for sale recently in my constituency for €495,000. That is really expensive but by the time it was sold, it had gone up and up. In Scotland, when a house is put up for sale, quite a bit of consideration is given by the vendor and the person selling it on the vendor's behalf. When you name the price on the market in the local estate agents, if it is £495,000 and you are offered that figure, the house must be withdrawn. You have attained the market price you looked for. Will the housing sub-committee examine a process like that? That would save soul destruction and heartbreak for younger people in particular who think they have the means to afford a house but are then outbid.

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