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22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has agreed a pledge with five insurance brokers which could mean thousands of leaseholders in buildings with identified fire...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Arun council has prosecuted a Littlehampton landlord for failing to comply with an improvement notice. The case was heard at Worthing Magistrates...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The current Housing Ombudsman, who presides over redress within the social housing sector, says private landlords should not fear the extension...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...
07 May 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords with leasehold properties should be able to enjoy reduced costs and red tape when they wish to extend their leases,...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Potential reforms to the leasehold system could lead to a sharp rise in the number of freeholders looking to sell their...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Thousands of landlords trapped in developer contracts with spiraling costs could be entitled to compensation, according to legal experts. Around 100,000 homeowners...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
FirstPort, one of the largest managers of residential property in the UK, has taken over the operational management of an additional...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Leasehold property ownership has come under yet more fire today after a new report laid bare the scale of mis-selling in...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report calling for wide ranging reforms to the leasehold system in...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is due to publish its report into Leasehold Reform today, which is designed to...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News
We have seen a significant amount of publicity recently surrounding the sale of leasehold houses and the imposition of significant ground...