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Tag: Ground rent

Is leasehold really feudal?

“Thus, our system of landed property is a structure of the most complex and heterogenous kind …. That within the … More

Copyhold, feudalism, Freeholder, Ground rent, is leasehold feudal?, Leasehold, leaseholder

The CMA’s damning report on leasehold abuses – what does it mean for leaseholders?

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released their report on leasehold abuses on 28 February 2020 and it is a … More

AST leasehold, CMA report leasehold, Competition and Markets Authority, Ground rent, Leasehold abuses, unfair leasehold

The top ten leasehold changes which must happen now!

“Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid” – Homer Empty and broken promises are all leaseholders have heard … More

Boris Johnson, Feudal leasehold, Freehold, Freehold purcahse, Ground rent, Lease extension, Leasehold, Leasehold Reform, Rent charge, Right to Manage

Beware of freeholders bearing gifts – The truth about the Government’s freeholder pledge

Freeholders launch clandestine plot to outflank leasehold reform and make millions of homes unsellable On 28 March, the Government announced … More

capitalisation rate, Doubling ground rents, Ground rent, Leasehold, Leasehold House scandal, RPI ground rent

Why Housing Minister Heather Wheeler is wrong

Leaseholders watching the progress of the government’s proposed changes to leasehold legislation have been on a roller coaster ride of … More

First tier Tribunal, Ground rent, Heather Wheeler, Lease extension, Lease terms, Leasehold, leasehold scandal

Leasehold will end – the question is when not if

It is a national scandal that the feudal housing tenure of leasehold still holds a third of our housing stock … More

Copyhold, Free Bench, freeholders, Ground rent, History of copyhold, History of leasehold, Leasehold, leasehold scandal, Reversion

The shameful history of leasehold reform

Leaseholders were sick and tired of the abuse and were ready to riot. For decades, freeholders had used the legal … More

Cadogan Estates, Grosvenor Estate, Ground rent, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, Leasehold, Leasehold abuses, Leasehold House scandal, Leasehold Reform, Leasehold Reform Act 1967, the history of leasehold

The forgotten casualties of the doubling ground rent scandal

It has been immensely gratifying over the last few months to see the focus firmly remain on the leasehold house … More

corrupt freehold, Corrupt leasehold, Ground rent, informal lease extensions, Lease extensions, Leasehold, Leasehold House scandal, Leasehold Reform, leasehold scandal, Onerous ground rents

The Truth About Virtual Freeholds

‘Virtual freehold’ has fast become the ubiquitous term that is used to describe a leasehold property with a long lease … More

999- year lease, dishonest freeholders, Freehold, Ground rent, Leasehold, London, Unjust leasehold, Virtual freehold
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