If you’ve not already done so it’s time to get your responses into the Ground Rent Consultation which closes on the 17th of January 2024. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases/modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases And that is without also mentioning the Call for Evidence see: The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: call for evidence https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/december-2023/leasehold-and-freehold-reform-bill-call-for-evidence/ The select committee is meeting this week on the 16th at 18th January …

We have from the King’s Speech on 7th November 2023 that there will be a bill to ‘reform the housing market and to make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to purchase their freehold and to protect leaseholders form punitive service charges.’ So, what does all this mean? A number of the predictions previously mentioned have ‘come true’ … 990-year …

The King’s Speech on 7 November is highly anticipated by all those involved in the leasehold sector. The first phase of reforms have ushered in a number of changes to help leaseholders in the wake of the ground rent and leasehold house ‘scandals,’ with the Government having committed to make buying a freehold or extending a lease “easier, faster, fairer …

We have all been awaiting some comment on what the King’s Speech May have in store. This article by Harry Yorke and Melissa York in the Sunday Times on 29th October sets out quite a lot of detail. What is this all about ? The Sunday Times today has article that sets out some predictions about the proposed reforms. Given …