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NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
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
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
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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
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
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
The Labour Party has pledged to introduce legislation within its first 100 days of Government to abolish leasehold if it wins...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...
29 October 2022
From: Features
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
They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features
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
There’s been a very low expression of interest in Commonhold, despite the government pushing the new tenure as an alternative to...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
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
Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
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
It’s a big day for leasehold reform today with the Law Commission due to publish three residential leasehold and commonhold reports. They...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
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
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
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
The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...
04 May 2019
From: Features
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
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
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
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
The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...
23 June 2018
From: Features
At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...
31 March 2018
From: Features
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,...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform has made a hard-hitting submission to formal government consultations on the...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Even so close to the event, I don’t think anyone will be deeming 2017 as the ‘summer of love’. The summer of...
16 September 2017
From: Features
There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all the subtlety of a Boris Johnson rugby tackle on a 10-year...
01 July 2017
From: Features
A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...
29 April 2017
From: Features
Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will put forward proposals in the new year to stop abuses of the leasehold...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Leaseholds Solution - the company behind the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners - says it wants recent proposals to modernise the...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The Conveyancers' Association has called for sweeping changes to the house buying and moving system to create a "more certain and...