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The National Leasehold Campaign’s (NLC) heroic journey to get reform of the controversial tenure type on the statute book has hit...

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

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...

There’s been a broad welcome from agents and other industry organisations for the latest report from the Competition and Markets Authority...

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

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

A 10 point manifesto to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by prominent campaigner Louie Burns, of The Leasehold Solutions Group. The 10...

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

A firm supporting leaseholders across the UK says the ongoing Competition and Markets Authority probe should “punish” what it calls “rip off...

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...

Almost as soon as the government yesterday made its latest announcement to outlaw rogue leasehold deals, the measure was branded “pathetic. More...

A new website has been set up specifically to help leasehold flat owners who have been served a Section 5 Notice...

A leasehold reform campaigner has called on the government to ensure it publishes its report on leasehold reform before the summer recess at...

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

Home owners seeking lease extensions may now have to pay more as a result of a controversial judgement handed down by...

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,...

A leasehold enfranchisement expert wants government action over what he calls the "forgotten casualties" of the recent ground rent scandal.    Louie Burns,...

The Conservative and Labour party manifestos do not go far enough to tackle problems with the leasehold system. That’s the view of...

A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or...

The possibility of short-term falling house prices caused by Brexit may be good news for the UK’s four million leasehold flat...