Leasehold Reform
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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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Guest Blogs
BLOG: ‘Flat owners waited for leasehold extension reform, but now it’s costing them £1,000s’
Leading leasehold figure reveals how Government foot-dragging is costing flat owners who gambled on reform dearly.
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Regulation & Law
Don’t wait for leasehold reform legislation, get cracking now says expert
Freehold Collective boss Mike Somekh warns that we could wait years for leasehold reforms to become law and questions the benefits of commonhold.
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Regulation & Law
Housing minister signs off first steps towards leasehold overhaul
But the property industry says that, while enabling leaseholders to extend from day one of their ownership, the rest of the reforms are still too far away.
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Regulation & Law
Leasehold reform ‘years, not months away’ says expert
The Freehold and Leasehold Reform Act has no timetable in place and is likely to be some time before it becomes law says co-CEO of LEASE.
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Regulation & Law
Labour to implement Tory’s leasehold reforms but go ‘much further’
King's Speech documentation reveals Labour plan to give leaseholders more rights and overall 'bring the feudal system of leasehold to an end'.
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Regulation & Law
Leasehold reform bill becomes law but renting reforms dropped
Michael Gove's Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill made it through Parliament, although the Renters (Reform) Bill was dropped.
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Latest property news
Leading auctioneer launches ground rent sales platform
Network Auctions reckons ground rents are a niche but growing opportunity for investors and agents.
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Latest property news
Letting agents back new conveyancing initiative to promote UPRNs
ARLA Propertymark and 13 other trade bodies support changes to three key leasehold conveyancing forms that will all soon include UPRNs.
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Guest Blogs
Running out of time
The Government’s gaze has fallen on ‘scandalous’ long residential leaseholds and it looks like their days are numbered, says legal expert, John Stephenson.
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