This Government Bill would make provision about the rent payable under long leases of dwellings. First reading in the House of Lords took place on 12 May 2021. Second reading took place on 24 May 2021. The Bill completed its committee stage on 14 June 2021 and report...
Leasehold
Estimated number of leasehold dwellings 2019 to 2020– England
MHCLG has published statistics which provide an estimate of the number of leasehold dwellings in England, by tenure, dwelling type and region. In 2019-20: There were an estimated 4.6 million leasehold dwellings in England. This equates to 19 per cent of the English...
Ground Rent Reform: What can we expect from this major change?
Property Industry Eye have just published an interesting opinion on the potential change to Ground Rents in the future. It can be read here.
Residential Leasehold Ground Rent Ban – first sight of the draft bill
Trowers and Hamlins have published an article entitled: Residential Leasehold Ground Rent Ban – first sight of the draft bill William Bethune and David Zong To read the article, click here
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill
This Government Bill would make provision about the rent payable under long leases of dwellings. First reading in the House of Lords took place on 12 May 2021. Second reading took place on 24 May 2021. The Bill will begin its committee stage on a date to be fixed. For...
Commonhold Council launched
On 13 May 2021 the MHCLG announced the launch of the Commonhold Council, an advisory panel of leasehold groups and industry experts who will inform the government on the future of this type of homeownership. The commonhold model is used widely around the world and...
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