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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    right to buy is not so straight forward, it depends on how long you've lived in the property and if the landlord has spent money on it in the last 10yrs then the discount is reduced, and some council houses are not in the most desirable locations
    Once you buy though, do you have to continue to live in it for a specific time before you can sell it on ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Terpe View Post
    Once you buy though, do you have to continue to live in it for *a specific time before you can sell it on ?
    Yes ... used to be 5 years. But that was back in the 1990s. So wouldn't be surprised if *it had since gone up to [possibly] ten.


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