The National Leasehold Campaign’s (NLC) heroic journey to get reform of the controversial tenure type on the statute book has hit...
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![Value of leasehold outstrips freehold, finds research](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
Despite all the controversy surrounding it in recent years, and various government attempts to address the leasehold scandal, new research from...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold victory – leaseholders with Countryside freed from costly terms](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ground Rent refunds: Agents demand rest of industry must follow suit](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold scandal: Top house builders ordered to change contracts](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![990-year lease extensions could help end leasehold scandal](/img/default/eat.png)
The long-awaited proposals for leasehold reform produced by the Law Commission suggests giving owners the right to extend their lease for...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: which areas of the moving process do consumers least understand?](/img/default/eat.png)
Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Price gap between freehold and leasehold widens to eight-year high](/img/default/eat.png)
The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Developer that offered its boss £75m asks the public what it thinks](/img/default/eat.png)
Is this the ultimate in accountability or a desperate bid to win back public support for a company damaged by the...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Commonhold in action – one small builder’s attempts to change the system](/img/default/eat.png)
So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![Quiz A Minister: send your questions on replacing leasehold with commonhold](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Expert view on the leasehold scandal - is Commonhold the answer?](/img/default/eat.png)
The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold – we’re backing the campaign!](/img/default/eat.png)
The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...
06 April 2019
From: Features
![Upfront information will be crucial to the future of buying and selling](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...
23 March 2019
From: Features
![Leasehold scandals deter buyers wanting new-builds - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of owners has revealed that recent leasehold scandals have deterred many would-be buyers from considering new build homes. The survey,...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold scandal continues - almost all buyers regret their purchase](/img/default/eat.png)
Almost all buyers of new build houses who purchased a leasehold regret doing so, and the vast majority say they definitely wouldn't...