Another "DWP - recovery from estates"

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So our mum passed in November 2021, we got probate a couple of months ago, and now we have got a letter from DWP saying they think she might have been paid too much income-related benefit, and that they are waiting for information from the office who paid those benefits. I am not sure at the moment what benefits those are.
Luckily we have not distributed the estate, we have mum's house. The plan was, I sell my house and buy my sister out of her share of mum's house. My house is on the market at the moment.
Given I have read these things can take a very long time, should I really take my house off the market for now while this is sorted?
I am very worried we will have like a £50k+ repayment bill through the door at some point, I just don't understand enough about all this and find it very stressful! :-(
Luckily we have not distributed the estate, we have mum's house. The plan was, I sell my house and buy my sister out of her share of mum's house. My house is on the market at the moment.
Given I have read these things can take a very long time, should I really take my house off the market for now while this is sorted?
I am very worried we will have like a £50k+ repayment bill through the door at some point, I just don't understand enough about all this and find it very stressful! :-(
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I already sent them a statement of the assets at the time of death and this new letter I received since then says that they are waiting for information from the office who paid her the benefits, does that imply it's not to do with the value of the house? Or could it still be?
I know it's not personal and that they have to do this, I guess it's just caught me at a low ebb.
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