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22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Unintended consequences of 'rushed' leasehold law](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Unintended%20consequences%20of%20rushed%20leasehold%20law%20By%20Mark%20Chick.jpg)
In what are some of the biggest changes to the residential leasehold sector in the last 21 years since the Commonhold...
01 June 2024
From: Features
!['A muted win' – leasehold reform bill passes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was the final piece of legislation to pass before Parliament closed ahead of the General...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry Views - The Housing Battleground for General Election 2024](/upload/images/1%20--%20Industry%20Views%20-%20The%20Housing%20Battleground%20for%20General%20Election%202024.png)
So we’ve been sent the ‘Save The Date’ card - it’s July 4. Now all we need is the invitation to the...
25 May 2024
From: Features
![‘Hidden’ Service Charges trigger rise in housing costs, says Barclays](/upload/images/shutterstock_572835850.jpg)
Typical consumer spending on mortgages and rents increased 3.6% in April – the first increase in the rate of growth since...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs demand scrapping of ground rents on leasehold properties](/upload/images/shutterstock_385772824.jpg)
Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ground rent reform set for scrapheap - reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Plans to set ground rents at a ‘peppercorn rate’ are reported to have been dropped amid opposition from freehold campaigners and...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Competition watchdog frees 500 households from doubling ground rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured agreements from eight freeholders to remove “problematic ground rent” terms from leases. The competition...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![House of Lords committee set to consider agency regulation](/upload/images/shutterstock_2259427737.jpg)
The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has set out the key questions it could ask agency representatives as its...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government's leasehold reform proposals come under the spotlight](/upload/images/5%20proofed%20-%20Government's%20leasehold%20reform%20weekend%20feature%20by%20EAT%20team.jpg)
The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...
02 March 2024
From: Features
![Agency groups to discuss industry regulation in House of Lords](/upload/images/shutterstock_1906337941(1).jpg)
Representatives from Propertymark, Trading Standards and The Property Ombudsman (TPO) are set to discuss estate agency regulation in the House of...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![House of Lords launches agency regulation inquiry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Peers in the House of Lords have launched an inquiry into agency regulation. The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee will...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another year of change? How property law will evolve in 2024](/upload/images/3%20How%20property%20law%20will%20evolve%20in%202024%20-%20weekend%20feature%20by%20Yulia%20Barnes.jpg)
Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law 2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...
20 January 2024
From: Features
![Leasehold reform bill returns to Parliament – will it be improved?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold activists: Peppercorn ground rents are best reform option](/upload/images/shutterstock_1155447730.jpg)
Leasehold campaigners are urging anyone responding to the Government’s consultation on ground rents reform to boycott all options but capping them...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Long-awaited leasehold reform laws to be unveiled today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The long-awaited Leasehold and Freehold Bill is set to be unveiled in Parliament today. The Bill aims to make it cheaper and...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revolutionising leasehold -the road ahead for owners and managers of blocks of flats](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20--%20%20Proofed%20--%20Revolutionising%20Leasehold%20The%20Road%20Ahead%20for%20Owners%20and%20Managers%20of%20Blocks%20of%20Flats%20FINAL%20by%20Robert%20Poole.jpg/3%20--%20%20Proofed%20--%20Revolutionising%20Leasehold%20The%20Road%20Ahead%20for%20Owners%20and%20Managers%20of%20Blocks%20of%20Flats%20FINAL%20by%20Robert%20Poole__400x268.jpg)
The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...
25 November 2023
From: Features
![Leasehold Reform - Government must get the balance right](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20shutterstock_2150126883.jpg/2%20shutterstock_2150126883__400x247.jpg)
Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...
11 November 2023
From: Features
![Government unveils proposals to reform ground rents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Government has outlined five proposals to reduce ground rents for existing leaseholders as its latest attempt to reform the sector...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![King’s Speech: ‘Disappointing for existing leaseholders’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs leasehold reform proposals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given its backing to commitments from the Housing Minister on the long-awaited next steps of leasehold reform. Timothy Douglas, head...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Misleading information is No. 1 complaint, says PRS boss](/upload/images/3%20EAT%20weekend%20feature%20-%20Misleading%20information%20is%20No%201%20complaint%20says%20PRS%20boss%20-%20Sean%20Hooker%20interview.jpg)
Despite the announcements, the publicity, the guidance and the acres of website information, the most common complaint surrounding house sales is...
14 October 2023
From: Features
![Estate agent's guide to spotting title-related issues and what to do about them](/upload/images/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...
20 September 2023
From: Features
![Agency trade body asks Government why leaseholders are still being ignored](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark has written to the Government to ask why attempts to protect leaseholders are being ignored. It comes as the Earl of...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Car crash’ building safety rules putting sales at risk](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
An estate agent is urging people selling their flats to have building safety documentation in place before putting the property on...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Service charges up 8% annually and London flat owners are paying the most – research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
Flat owners have seen their service charges rise by 8% over the past year, research suggests. A new service charge index launched...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Act now - don't delay extending your lease](/upload/images/__thumbs/Act%20now%20-%20dont%20delay%20extending%20your%20lease.jpg/Act%20now%20-%20dont%20delay%20extending%20your%20lease__400x267.jpg)
Real estate consultants SHW is advising leaseholders not to wait to extend their lease. The call follows the start of the Government’s...
20 May 2023
From: Features
![Building safety laws set to delay home moves – claim](/upload/images/Featured%20content%20for%20the%20Features%20newsletter%20LT_LandlordBuyer_March_Content_Legislation.jpg)
The Building Safety Act will cause further delays to the home moving process, a senior industry executive has warned. Rob Hailstone, chief...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing Association launches building safety guidance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The Conveyancing Association has launched a guidance document for firms that addresses the Building Safety Act and Building Safety (Leaseholder Protection)...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Building safety support gaps ‘jeopardise housing market’ – warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
A senior peer has vowed to do more to ensure that leaseholders excluded from new building safety regulations get the support...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government rejects Propertymark-backed building safety amendment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-2-400x310.png)
A Propertymark-supported amendment that aimed to bolster support for leaseholders in unsafe buildings failed to gain approval in the House of...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs leaseholder building safety protections](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_579626938.jpg)
Agency trade body Propertymark has backed calls for greater leaseholder protections as the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill proceeds through Parliament. The...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Fundamental’ leasehold reform promised in King’s Speech](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has signalled that legislation to allow for further leasehold reform will be included in the next parliamentary...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Slower housing market could boost leasehold extensions - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
The slowing housing market may have at least one benefit for leaseholders looking to sell their homes, a property lawyer claims. House...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘More work needed’ a year since cladding reform pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
It’s been a year since Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared that was “morally wrong” that leaseholders should pay to fix unsafe...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government unveils cladding fixes pilot for 'unsellable homes'](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal3-400x310.png)
The Government has unveiled a pilot scheme aimed to help more flat owners whose homes have become unsafe and, in some...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Help to Buy home sellers hit by building safety issues](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to look into issues with the Building Safety Act after MPs claimed leaseholders and Help to...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove 'gets it' - why his return is good news for the industry](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...
29 October 2022
From: Features
![Activists query why Tory housing fringe event excludes homebuyers and owners](/upload/images/library/First-TimeBuyer-Questions-400x310.jpg)
Housing minister Lee Rowley is set to make one of his first official public appearances at a Conservative Party fringe event...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Competition watchdog secures ground rent reductions for leaseholders](/upload/images/library/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
Thousands more leaseholders are expected to see ground rents cut and some may even receive refunds. It forms part of the Competition...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Redress Scheme unveils plans for new advisory panel](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) is putting together an advisory panel to improve governance, accountability and sector representation when formulating policies. It...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Older leaseholds homes could become harder to sell until full reform - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
New rules on leasehold homes came in this week, banning ground rents on new leases but a property expert warns this...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Expert Analysis: How safe are homes 5 years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy?](/upload/images/Locations/Grenfell%20Tower%20memoria_NORTH%20KENSINGTON_400x310.png)
It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...
18 June 2022
From: Features
![PM unveils mortgage and benefits review to boost homeownership](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-3-400x310.png)
Boris Johnson has promised a review of the mortgage market and housing benefit rules to help more people to get on...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Peer calls for agency regulations to apply in leasehold sector](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/RegulationImage-400x310.jpg)
A high-profile peer has questioned why estate agency regulation wasn’t extended to property management companies in the Queen’s Speech this week. Lord...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold reform - what do agents and conveyancers need to know?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Agency trade body backs ground rent ban and hopes for further reform](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has given its backing to the ban on ground rents for new leasehold properties and has reminded agents of their...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![More leaseholders freed from doubling ground rents](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Cladding Crisis - government STILL doing too little, say cross-party MPs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal400x310.jpg)
Too many leaseholders will fall through the cracks of the government’s “piecemeal measures” to combat the cladding crisis. That’s the view of...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government threatens developers over cladding payments](/upload/images/library/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
The government is threatening to deny planning consent to developers who refuse to pay towards the removal of unsafe cladding on...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![New tax likely to fund additional cladding removal from low-rise flats](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats will not have to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding under new government rules...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Legal warning that sales market still hurt by ground rent problem](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Breakthrough in ground rents and leasehold controversy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders. Taylor...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold is here to stay - so here's what is being done to help](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Cladding scandal petition reaches key 10,000 signature stage](/upload/images/library/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![ALEP welcomes ground rents action as Countryside scraps unfair lease terms](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![National Leasehold Campaign backs latest CMA action on ground rents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NewHomes-400x310.png)
One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...
16 September 2021
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
![Get on with it! Leasehold reform delays hurting the market - claim](/upload/images/library/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
The lack of progress on the much-anticipated government reforms of the leasehold system is leaving thousands of homeowners stranded, according to...
20 August 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
![Ground rent refunds after watchdog strikes leasehold deal](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![The Cladding Scandal – what do you need to know?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...
05 June 2021
From: Features
![Property Details - new dispute over what should be included](/img/default/eat.png)
The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Property Tax - consultation begins on 'cladding' tax proposal](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ground rent scandal: Housebuilders bite back after attack by watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Two new property taxes announced by Housing Secretary](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Unsellable: Thousands of flats remain impossible to mortgage or sell](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![New tax and billions more for cladding - but is it enough?](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour enters cladding controversy by forcing vote in Commons](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour has entered the cladding controversy by calling a vote in the House of Commons to force government action on the...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Just Window Dressing! Leasehold experts hit out at reform proposals](/img/default/eat.png)
Leading leasehold experts have sharply criticised the much-hyped reforms announced by the government last week. The Leasehold Group of Companies - formerly led by...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rip-Off leasehold charges to be abolished by government](/img/default/eat.png)
Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why the delay? Leasehold lobby presses government for action](/img/default/eat.png)
A leasehold group has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher pressing for an update on the government’s approach to reform for...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Selling a flat with a short lease](/img/default/eat.png)
Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...
09 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Solve this NOW! Campaign to make cladding flats sell-able again](/img/default/eat.png)
Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Leaseholders advised not to wait for reform - it could take years](/img/default/eat.png)
Wholesale reform of leasehold issues is still some years away, despite recent proposals by the Law Commission and pledges by the...
06 August 2020
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
![Agents Do Charity - no holiday for industry fund-raisers…](/img/default/eat.png)
There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tragedy as widely-respected property campaigner dies suddenly](/img/default/eat.png)
The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Industry welcome for clampdown on developers’ leasehold sales](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a broad welcome from agents and other industry organisations for the latest report from the Competition and Markets Authority...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![“Fat cat freeholders” would be stopped by Commonhold - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![More reforms on their way as government ponders leasehold changes](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Regulating agents is key demand from leasehold campaigner](/img/default/eat.png)
A 10 point manifesto to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by prominent campaigner Louie Burns, of The Leasehold Solutions Group. The 10...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency bids to help leaseholders faced with short leases](/img/default/eat.png)
A London estate agency is attempting to help leaseholders with short leases who may be finding it hard to raise funds...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can the government help the millions of 'trapped' movers?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...
05 October 2019
From: Features
![Government blasted over ‘scandalous’ leasehold reform proposals](/img/default/eat.png)
A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Unexpired Lease Timebomb: new worries over sale fall-throughs](/img/default/eat.png)
A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![A moving tide of regulation making its way towards estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...
01 June 2019
From: Features
![‘Punish rip-off culprits’ - CMA urged to be aggressive on leasehold abuse](/img/default/eat.png)
A firm supporting leaseholders across the UK says the ongoing Competition and Markets Authority probe should “punish” what it calls “rip off...
24 May 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
![Agents welcome CMA probe into 'mis-selling' of leasehold properties](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Radical change to leasehold and Right To Manage urged by Law Commission](/img/default/eat.png)
Consultation closes today on a Law Commission proposal to radically reshape leasehold and the Right To Manage. Right To Manage was introduced...
30 April 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
![“Pathetic” government pledge mocked by leasehold expert](/img/default/eat.png)
Almost as soon as the government yesterday made its latest announcement to outlaw rogue leasehold deals, the measure was branded “pathetic. More...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents back call for CMA probe into possible leasehold ‘mis-selling’](/img/default/eat.png)
The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say. The all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![NTSEAT issues new guidance on redress in leasehold disputes](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency team has issued new guidance for those seeking redress over leasehold disputes. This guidance contains a...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Four out of five searches ‘now completed within 10 working days’](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a dramatic improvement in the speed of searches being completed and returned by local authorities, the government claims. Housing minister...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents want help for existing leaseholders as well as new ones](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government to make new homes freehold with ground rents capped](/img/default/eat.png)
The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...