article_snippet: Anyone buying one will have to hang on to Anyone buying one for at least five years before selling Anyone buying one on the open market to prevent speculators using the scheme to make a windfall profit.
article_snippet: Ministers are consulting on whether to extend the minimum resale period to 15 years.
article_snippet: But Tory sources said Tory sources would be retained until at least 2020.
article_snippet: and it is possible that some will be built in the Green Belt.