The Government plans powers to cap leasehold permission and administration fees, while a future property-agent regulator would require licences and qualifications.
The government says flat landlords, leaseholders and shared owners will start seeing new service charge forms and information rights during 2027, with the first legal changes due before Parliament later this year.
Home sales are now taking 104 days to reach exchange in Great Britain, according to Connells Group, with leasehold deals proving the main drag on…
Shared ownership – now the largest government-supported homeownership scheme for new buyers – is poorly understood by those who use it, with service charges rising…
Buy-to-let landlords could receive an unexpected £8.7 billion windfall from the government’s planned ground rent cap, according to new analysis that suggests the policy may…
Flat leaseholders in England and Wales now pay an average service charge of £2,405 a year – £200 a month – for the first time,…
Millions of UK leaseholders – including a large cohort of buy-to-let landlords – will see ground rents capped at £250 a year under sweeping reforms…
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is currently grappling with a significant legislative oversight, as their much-anticipated bill to revolutionize England’s housing market…
