All leasehold articles
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CommentLeasehold is a positive tenure and needs to stay
Lorraine Collis argues we should better regulate managing agents but refrain from condemning leasehold as a tenure as some campaigners do
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NewsGove’s leasehold reform could make housing more unaffordable, says report
Longer leases and scrapping ‘marriage value’ premium could lead to 10% surge in prices on short leasehold stock, warns study by Bayes Business School and Knight Frank
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NewsOrbit sells 1,300 later living homes to non-profit management company ELM
Surrey-based ELM is seeking to expand into more local authority areas outside of Southeast England
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NewsGovernment to ban leaseholds for new-build houses - but flats exempt
Flats, which account for seven in 10 existing leasehold homes, won’t be included in leasehold ban, according to reports.
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NewsGovernment pilots building safety levy-funded repair programme
Applications will be invited for cladding work on around 60 buildings
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NewsCMA drags more national housebuilders into leasehold investigation
Competition regulator says Crest, Miller, Redrow and Vistry have all agreed to help customers over ‘doubling’ ground rent homes
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NewsCMA closes ‘leasehold’ investigation into Barratt without taking action
Housebuilder ‘pleased’ as competition regulator says it has ’insufficient evidence’ of mis-selling to take legal action
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NewsGove warns of legal action if landlords send remediation bills to leaseholders
Building Safety Act provisions to protect leaseholders come into force today
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NewsBuilding Safety Bill ‘to become law tomorrow’
Minister for building safety Stephen Greenhalgh tweets that mammoth legislation in line for Royal Assent
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NewsTaylor Wimpey strikes deal with regulator over leasehold homes
Housebuilder will strike out onerous contract clauses requiring ground rent payments to double
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NewsPersimmon agrees to pay compensation after competition investigation
Regulator is still pursuing Taylor Wimpey, Countryside and Barratt over sale of leasehold homes
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NewsGovernment defeats bid to protect leaseholders over cladding despite Tory rebels
Further votes expected on Fire Safety Bill while consultation on code of practice for cladding assessors launched
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NewsMPs reject bid to protect leaseholders from recladding costs
House of Lords amendment to the Fire Safety Bill is voted down by government
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NewsTaylor Wimpey and Countryside threatened with court action over leasehold scandal
Competition watchdog pledges action unless firms remove “doubling” ground rent clauses
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NewsGovernment suffers Lords defeat on leaseholder liability for repairs
House of Lords votes to reinsert amendment protecting leaseholders from cladding costs
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NewsRetirement housebuilders' shock at leasehold reform plan
Firms say government moves to ban ground rents will make homes more expensive
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NewsHousing secretary sets out far-reaching leasehold reforms
Robert Jenrick will abolish ground rents and push ahead with introduction of “commonhold” tenure