These have been really popular in the past. Leasehold specialists from Bishop & Sewell will offer 15min advice slots. This should be enough time for you to describe the issue and come away with an overview of your options. Monday…
How much should a leaseholder pay for a lease extension? That was the question at the heart of an appeal heard last week in the Royal Court of Justice. Surveyor James Wyatt challenged the current methods of valuation as inaccurate…
On December 21, when Sajid Javid announced his plans to reform leasehold, housebuilders shares started sliding. The biggest fall was in retirement builders McCarthy & Stone which dropped 10% and has stayed there since. McCarthy & Stone specialise in the…
Sonia McColl heads the Justice for Park Homeowners campaign. She has spent years campaigning for the rights of park homeowners and has made a few enemies in doing so. After receiving death threats, she decided to sell her park…
Sajid Javid has asked his department (DCLG) to work with the Law Commission to make buying a freehold or extending a lease much easier, faster and cheaper. Following a consultation on leasehold earlier this year, Javid, the Minister for Communites…
This summer the behaviour of Taylor Wimpey and other unscrupulous developers propelled leasehold reform onto the front pages of every newspaper. Developers had sold houses as leasehold, sneaked doubling ground rents into the lease, sold the freehold to third parties…
