Search Results for: Commonhold
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Guest Blogs
BLOG: Here’s why valuing homes for the ‘mansion tax’ will get messy
Leading residential lawyer highlights the problems that Labour's High Value Council Tax Surcharge will encounter for valuations of leasehold and country properties.
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Regulation & Law
A third of flats may be “unsellable” in latest housing crisis
Leasehold flat owners risk being unable to sell their homes due to high service charges making them unmortgageable.
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Regulation & Law
Government publishes draft bill on leasehold reform
Property industry offers cautious welcome to long-awaited reforms, while warning delivery, timing and detail will be critical.
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Regulation & Law
Government finally sets ground rent cap at £250
Sir Keir Starmer makes announcement on leasehold reforms on TikTok as party tensions rise over delays.
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Regulation & Law
Housing minister slammed over ‘missing’ draft leasehold reform Bill
Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill programme, which began in 2017, is not now likely to be implemented until 2027.
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Housing Market
AGENT: I’m expecting a better housing market next year – are you?
Tim Foreman of LRG says many home movers will be active in the New Year, and the supply of new builds will need help to keep up.
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Agencies & People
Minister renews attack on FirstPort over service charge complaints
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook says he is unconvinced by the property management company's response to concerns from MPs and residents about its performance.
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Regulation & Law
BLOG: ‘Leasehold not perfect but to treat it as beyond saving is misguided’
Senior leasehold practitioner calls out those say leasehold is 'fleecehold' and who claim commonhold is the only way forward for the sector.
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Regulation & Law
Reed under immediate pressure on leasehold reform
Housing Secretary Steve Reed must press ahead with reform of leasehold and freehold laws, trade body urges.
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Regulation & Law
BLOG: Labour’s leasehold reforms betray Britain’s ‘accidental freeholders’
CEO of Freehold Collective says leasehold reforms are 'nothing short of daylight robbery' for those who worked hard to take over their own freeholds.
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