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

New laws are set to give more estate agents the chance to sell charity land – as long as you are...

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

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

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

The estate agents’ trade body has set out three ways conveyancers can further help the sales process. Propertymark has made the suggestions...

A call has gone out for Property Logbooks to receive official recognition as “digital assets” by the Law Commission: the move...

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

A leasehold group has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher pressing for an update on the government’s approach to reform for...

Wholesale reform of leasehold issues is still some years away, despite recent proposals by the Law Commission and pledges by the...

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...

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

The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

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

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...

A series of leasehold roadshows beginning next month in Manchester aims to throw a spotlight on problems associated with the tenure,...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given broad support for radical proposals from the Law Commission to end leasehold abuse...

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in theirb tracks and improve conveyancing at the...

A leasehold reform campaigning group is warning that “it is likely to be many years” before promised leasehold reform becomes law. Leasehold...

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

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

A two year investigation by the Law Commission has ended with a claim that some owners of leasehold retirement properties, and...