CLDC-4333: update hint text instead to ensure value is 100% of equity

app/models/validations/sales/soft_validations.rb

@@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ module Validations::Sales::SoftValidations
 
   def purchase_price_out_of_soft_range?
     return unless value && beds && la && sale_range
-    return if is_staircase? && !stairbought&.positive?
 
-    !full_purchase_price.between?(sale_range.soft_min, sale_range.soft_max)
+    !value.between?(sale_range.soft_min, sale_range.soft_max)
   end
 
   def staircase_owned_out_of_soft_range?
@@ -137,11 +136,11 @@ module Validations::Sales::SoftValidations
   end
 
   def purchase_price_higher_or_lower_text
-    full_purchase_price < sale_range.soft_min ? "lower" : "higher"
+    value < sale_range.soft_min ? "lower" : "higher"
   end
 
   def purchase_price_soft_min_or_soft_max
-    full_purchase_price < sale_range.soft_min ? sale_range.soft_min : sale_range.soft_max
+    value < sale_range.soft_min ? sale_range.soft_min : sale_range.soft_max
   end
 
   def grant_outside_common_range?
@@ -204,14 +203,6 @@ module Validations::Sales::SoftValidations
 
 private
 
-  def full_purchase_price
-    if is_staircase? && stairbought&.positive?
-      value * 100 / stairbought
-    else
-      value
-    end
-  end
-
   def sale_range
     LaSaleRange.find_by(
       start_year: collection_start_year,

config/locales/forms/2025/sales/sale_information.en.yml

@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ en:
             value_shared_ownership_staircase:
               check_answer_label: "Full purchase price"
               check_answer_prompt: ""
-              hint_text: "Enter the full purchase price paid for the equity bought in this staircasing transaction (this is equal to the value of the share bought by the purchaser)."
+              hint_text: "Enter the full purchase price of the property before any discounts are applied. For shared ownership, enter the full purchase price paid for 100% equity (this is equal to the value of the share owned by the PRP plus the value bought by the purchaser in the current and all previous transactions)."
-              question_text: "What was the full purchase price for this staircasing transaction?"
+              question_text: "What was the full purchase price?"
 
           equity:
             page_header: "About the price of the property"

config/locales/forms/2026/sales/sale_information.en.yml

@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ en:
             value_shared_ownership_staircase:
               check_answer_label: "Full purchase price"
               check_answer_prompt: ""
-              hint_text: "Enter the full purchase price paid for the equity bought in this staircasing transaction (this is equal to the value of the share bought by the purchaser)."
+              hint_text: "Enter the full purchase price of the property before any discounts are applied. For shared ownership, enter the full purchase price paid for 100% equity (this is equal to the value of the share owned by the PRP plus the value bought by the purchaser in the current and all previous transactions)."
-              question_text: "What was the full purchase price for this staircasing transaction?"
+              question_text: "What was the full purchase price?"
 
           equity:
             page_header: "About the price of the property"

spec/models/validations/sales/soft_validations_spec.rb

@@ -809,62 +809,6 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::Sales::SoftValidations do
       expect(record).not_to be_purchase_price_out_of_soft_range
     end
 
-    context "when staircasing" do
-      it "is not out of range when stairbought is 10% and value is 20,000 (full price 200,000 is in soft range)" do
-        record.staircase = 1
-        record.stairbought = 10
-        record.value = 20_000
-        record.beds = 2
-        record.la = "E07000223"
-        record.saledate = Time.zone.local(2023, 1, 1)
-
-        expect(record).not_to be_purchase_price_out_of_soft_range
-      end
-
-      it "is out of range when stairbought is 10% and value is 17,000 (full price 170,000 is below soft min of 177,000)" do
-        record.staircase = 1
-        record.stairbought = 10
-        record.value = 17_000
-        record.beds = 2
-        record.la = "E07000223"
-        record.saledate = Time.zone.local(2023, 1, 1)
-
-        expect(record).to be_purchase_price_out_of_soft_range
-      end
-
-      it "is out of range when stairbought is 10% and value is 40,000 (full price 400,000 is above soft max of 384,000)" do
-        record.staircase = 1
-        record.stairbought = 10
-        record.value = 40_000
-        record.beds = 2
-        record.la = "E07000223"
-        record.saledate = Time.zone.local(2023, 1, 1)
-
-        expect(record).to be_purchase_price_out_of_soft_range
-      end
-
-      it "does not trigger when stairbought is not set" do
-        record.staircase = 1
-        record.stairbought = nil
-        record.value = 20_000
-        record.beds = 2
-        record.la = "E07000223"
-        record.saledate = Time.zone.local(2023, 1, 1)
-
-        expect(record).not_to be_purchase_price_out_of_soft_range
-      end
-
-      it "does not trigger when stairbought is 0" do
-        record.staircase = 1
-        record.stairbought = 0
-        record.value = 20_000
-        record.beds = 2
-        record.la = "E07000223"
-        record.saledate = Time.zone.local(2023, 1, 1)
-
-        expect(record).not_to be_purchase_price_out_of_soft_range
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   describe "#grant_outside_common_range?" do