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The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...

The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...

Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...

Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...

The Labour Party has pledged to introduce legislation within its first 100 days of Government to abolish leasehold if it wins...

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...

You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

There’s been a very low expression of interest in Commonhold, despite the government pushing the new tenure as an alternative to...

The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...

Leading leasehold experts have sharply criticised the much-hyped reforms announced by the government last week. The Leasehold Group of Companies - formerly led by...

Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...

The long-awaited proposals for leasehold reform produced by the Law Commission suggests giving owners the right to extend their lease for...

It’s a big day for leasehold reform today with the Law Commission due to publish three residential leasehold and commonhold reports. They...

Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Consultation closes today on a Law Commission proposal to radically reshape leasehold and the Right To Manage. Right To Manage was introduced...

The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

A specialist leasehold enfranchisement firm has branded government leasehold reforms as "incredibly weak". In an announcement lost in the noise following Damian Green’s sacking,...

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform has made a hard-hitting submission to formal government consultations on the...

Even so close to the event, I don’t think anyone will be deeming 2017 as the ‘summer of love’.  The summer of...

There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...

The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all the subtlety of a Boris Johnson rugby tackle on a 10-year...

A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will put forward proposals in the new year to stop abuses of the leasehold...

Leaseholds Solution - the company behind the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners - says it wants recent proposals to modernise the...

The Conveyancers' Association has called for sweeping changes to the house buying and moving system to create a "more certain and...

The Conveyancing Association says it is continuing to campaign to reform the leasehold transaction process, despite the government saying there is...