Topic
Leasehold Reform
14 published works
About Conveyancing
A New Era for Leasehold: What the High Court Ruling Means for Risk, Value and Marketability
By Simon Seaton
The High Court’s decision to uphold the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 marks an important shift in the UK property market. While much of the attention has focused on…
Real Estate Insights
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022
Introduction Reform of the regime governing residential long leaseholds (leases of dwellings for a term of twenty one years or more) has been going on for over fifty years. The…
Real Estate Insights
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill published
Further to our update on the Government’s residential leasehold reforms, the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill was introduced into the House of Lords on 12 May 2021. The bill seeks…
Keeping It Real Estate
Happy News Year for Leasehold Homeowners
By Tim Reid
In the first working week of the New Year, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced major reforms to the way that houses and flats are owned in England and Wales. The…
Keeping It Real Estate
Law Commission heralds new lease of life for residential property
By Tim Reid
Just like buses and government slogans, it seems that Law Commission reports on the future of residential property in England and Wales come in threes. Following separate, lengthy consultations, the…
Keeping It Real Estate
(UK) Game, set and match for leasehold housing and ground rents: Government responds to its consultation on leasehold reform
By Tim Reid
Last week saw a volley of government announcements for the private rented sector and investors in leasehold residential property. At the Chartered Institute of Housing Conference on 27 June, Prime…
Keeping It Real Estate
Tenant’s Right to Manage – Time for Change?
The procedure for tenants to take control of the management of their buildings is on the radar for reform as the Law Commission launches a consultation which closes on 30…
Keeping It Real Estate
Consultation launched on enfranchisement rights
What does enfranchisement actually mean and what's wrong with the current regime? Enfranchisement is the process by which people who own property on a long lease may extend the lease,…
Keeping It Real Estate
No quick fix for a broken housing market – government consults on leasehold reform
By Adam Balfour, Jane Dockeray, Ingrid Stables
We blogged previously about the government's proposed reforms banning the granting of new residential long leases of houses and setting ground rents at a notional figure. The government has now published…
Keeping It Real Estate
Radical proposals on enfranchisement rights
The sale of houses on a leasehold basis has been criticised in some quarters because of its apparent unfairness to leaseholders. Leaseholders, in contrast to freeholders, lease a property for…