Buying and selling

Buying or selling a home is a long and complicated process and it is important to know how to make the right choices.

These pages have information and advice to help you move home and help solve any possible problems you might have to deal with.

This content applies to Scotland

Information on buying a house including information on choosing a solicitor or conveyancer, making an offer, mortgages, surveys, and the Home Report.

Guidance on selling a house, from choosing a solicitor or estate agent to completion of sale.

Document covers problems with buying or selling a house and includes problems with solicitors, surveyors, and estate agents, and problems getting a mortgage.

Leaflet on the Scottish Executive Right to Buy scheme for Scottish secure tenants covering eligibility and guidance on the purchasing process.