Is government overreaching with Commonhold plans? A legal perspective
A number of issues need to be addressed, says property legal specialist
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The UK’s 750,000 accidental freeholders – ordinary homeowners who followed the law to buy out their freeholds – have been betrayed by the Government’s leasehold reforms, which strip away their hard-earned investments and pile on crushing new risks. Far from delivering fairness, the reforms hand unearned windfalls to non-participating neighbours, destabilise freehold values, and saddle…
UK inflation has fallen to its lowest rate for four months to 3.6%, raising hopes that it may now have peaked. But economists forecast it would drop to 3.5% driven the ONS says by weaker rises in household energy costs and an unusually large autumn dip in hotel prices, while on the other hand food…
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Angela Rayner, the former housing secretary and deputy prime minister, has warned Sir Keir Starmer against weakening proposed leasehold reforms Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
Green Party leader Zack Polanski (pictured) has called for mayors to be given powers to introduce rent controls, arguing renters are being squeezed by what he describes as runaway rent increases, during an interview on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Outlining his plans to “lower people’s bills”, he says rent control should be a…
Campaigners call for landlords and agents who make repeated excessive deductions to face “meaningful penalties” Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
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