Information about selling property after a tenant moves out

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If a landlord had intended moving into a property after the tenant moved out but is now considering putting the property on the market instead are there any implications? The original intention was to move back into the property for at least 12 months after the tenant had vacated the property but as the situation on the job market has changed it may not be possible to do this. Are they bound to this 12 month period or can the property be sold before the 12 month period is up?
 
From the RTB website:

From June 4th 2019 changes to the law mean the landlord is obliged to offer the tenant an opportunity to re-let the property if they do not sell it within 9 months and once the tenant provided their contact details in writing to the landlord within 28 days of receipt of the notice of termination.

So it looks like you have to offer the property back to the previous tenants.

In most cases people will have moved on, signed other leases, etc, but there is a small chance they will take you up on the offer.
 
Never understood this rule. It's unworkable. Once it's not re-let it's not circumventing the reason for the rule. A house could take a long time to sell. The intention of the rule was to stop landlords evicting tenants and replacing with new tenants on a higher rent.

You can't do short term leases. All the tenant has to do is over hold and you are snookered. So you need it to be vacant to sell.

The majority of evictions these days is from landlords selling up. I expect theres a large exodus from the market. I think this rule is being used to stop landlords leaving the market by selling up or leaving a property empty.

A house should sell quickly in the current market. But mortgage approvals are problematic and causing delays.
 
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