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Exclusive: Measure in planned bill stopping sale of new properties under leasehold in England and Wales likely to only cover houses

Leaseholders have told LBC they’re being intimidated by building owners to pay unfairly extortionate costs, after they appoint their own companies to manage and maintain their property.

Cardinal Lofts residents in Ipswich, Suffolk were taken by surprise as the freeholder Grey GR revealed 17 additional issues within the building.

Cardinal Lofts residents in Ipswich, Suffolk were taken by surprise as the freeholder Grey GR revealed 17 additional issues within the building.

Exclusive: campaigners warn government’s ‘sweeping reform’ of leasehold is slipping down agenda

A cheer went up among commonhold campaigners at Keir Starmer’s keynote speech to the British Chambers of Commerce.  Not only did the Labour leader pledge to bring down house prices by massively increasing supply, he also committed – at last – to tackling rip-off leasehold tenure, by enacting the reforms the Law Commission recommended three…

EXCLUSIVE: Retired bank clerk Anna Scoffin pays a £32,000 service charge for her three-bedroom leasehold apartment in East London.

Labour leader accuses Conservative government of killing the dream of home ownership

Housing secretary Michael Gove had previously promised to 'fundamentally reform' the leasehold system.

Michael Gove says the system is unfair but getting rid of it will take longer than he hoped.