ground rents
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Regulation & Law
Leasehold homes will be “harder to sell’, warns lawyer
Existing leaseholders could be left trapped and worse off, says Caroline Wild of law firm Forsters.
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Guest Blogs
Guest blog: Why getting rid of ground rents could be a disaster for managing agents
Government plans to eliminate ground rent will put property managers out of business, leave residents vulnerable and frighten off investment.
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Land & New Homes
Historic ground-rent free development launched by former Countrywide director
Michael Stone formerly headed up Countrywide's new homes division but has since launched an estate agency that is now promoting a ground-rent free site.
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Latest property news
Brokenshire reveals plans to speed up leasehold sales
Announcement is part of wide-ranging speech by minister yesterday including setting ground rents to zero and confirming sales ban for leasehold houses.
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Latest property news
MP kicks off leasehold revolution in parliament with ground rents reform bill
Eddie Hughes yesterday introduced the bill via a Ten Minute Rule Motion which will see ground rents capped and over 100,000 trapped leaseholders enable to sell their homes.
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Latest property news
Number of managing agents to dramatically reduce over next decade
ARMA says its research shows ageing industry bosses often take no pay and will soon sell up to bigger, corporate competitors.
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