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FCA moves to make leaseholder block insurance fairer
A review of the multi-occupancy buildings insurance market found that leasehold buildings insurance premiums have risen since the Grenfell tragedy.
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Crackdown on insurance commissions could ‘devastate managing agents’
Property litigator Richard Glover warns agents could face disqualification from both the FCA and RICS for taking ‘secret commissions’.
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Shocking 50% increase in leasehold service charges since 2018
The average annual service charge has risen 8% over the last year to £1,431 meaning leaseholders will hand over a total of £7.6 billion in 2023.
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Leaseholders face new questions on building safety
The Law Society says property forms requiring extra information from leaseholders will help buyers secure a mortgage.
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Resources
The list
The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh considers a litany of complaints against a managing agent by the leaseholder. Who’d manage a new-build?!
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Resources
Hold the handover!
The estate was not finished to a satisfactory standard and there were snagging issues.
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Housing Committee calls for wide-ranging reforms to leasehold law
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report into Leasehold Reform which calls for wide ranging reforms to tackle abuse of the leasehold system.
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Features
Trouble in the communal garden
"Was a complaint to a management company valid, or was it, a storm in a birdbath?" asks Katrine Sporle, The Property Ombudsman.
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£1 billion lease extensions
UK flat owners waste tens of thousands of pounds on informal lease extensions every year completely unnecessarily...
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