Modern Leasehold: Restricting Ground Rent for Existing Leases

Even if government wins Judicial Review, half of all leaseholders could be left worse off by unfavourable deferment and capitalisation rates. (And conversion to commonhold would be toast, too) - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership

Government estimates that about £4 billion will be transferred from freeholders to leaseholders as a result of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act, writes Sebastian O’Kelly. So, it is not altogether surprising that freeholders are fighting to keep it and launched their Judicial Review. One aim of the Act is to make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders in houses and flats to extend their leases – also the means to remove the wealth erosion of…

End of “fleecehold”: Will leasehold reforms bring an end to the UK's feudal system?

Britain’s feudal system of property ownership is being overhauled. What is leasehold and will reform solve the problem?

A year on from reform: Leasehold practitioners call for clarity | Today's Conveyancer

A year on from reform: Leasehold practitioners call for clarity: A year after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act (‘LAFRA’) appeared on the statute books, a new survey of property professionals reveals that while refor

Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases

Plenty of Leasehold reform activity in Westminster agenda but progress on management reform remains stubbornly slow

Last week the issue of Leasehold was prominent in the House of Commons, as the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee examined service concerns regarding property management companies, and Rachel Blake MP presented a Bill on the Right to Manage and Leasehold, which was duly read for the first time. The HCLG Committee’s one-off […] The post Plenty of Leasehold reform activity in Westminster agenda but progress on management re…

Leasehold reforms have 'failed to make process easier'

John Midgley of ALEP says industry is in "a state of indecision" following the the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act.