Leasehold Reform
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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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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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Leasehold reforms will take years to become reality, warns legal expert
Jonathan Frankel of The Cavendish Legal Group says many barriers remain to making leasehold ownership fairer despite the government's hoopla.
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Guest post: Critics of leasehold miss the mark
Leaseholds have been painted as the villain of the cladding and ground rent scandals, but it is government inaction over many years which is the root cause.
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Industry campaigner dies tragically young at just 54 years old
Louis AKA 'Louie' Burns battled for years to highlight the 'scandal of epic proportions' that is the leasehold system and was one of the campaign's key drivers.
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Binning freeholders will leave residents worse off
Following details of leasehold reform within the Queen's Speech Michael Gaston, Managing Director of Estates and Management, argues that professional freeholders are about to become more important than ever.
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Leasehold reform will lead to fewer professionally managed apartment blocks
Warning comes from leading leasehold services provider which warns reducing income for freeholders will hit the block management sector hard.
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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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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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CMA investigation into mis-sold leaseholds begins in earnest
Regulator says it will be looking at both unfair contract terms and mis-sold leaseholds and will be contacting those involved within the property industry soon.
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