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LKP / Carlex leasehold websites top 70,000 page views a month

November 5, 2012 by

The Leasehold Knowledge Partnership and Carlex websites have confirmed their position as a vital information resource for ordinary leaseholders.

Figures from Awstats show that the combined readership of the LKP / Carlex websites topped 70,000 page views in October. This is an astonishing number and shows that there is growing interest among ordinary leaseholders for information that is not beholden to any commercial interest in the controversial property sector.

The number of visits to the sites was just under 20,000: Carlex achieving 10,463, while LKP was 8,927.

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OFT to make ‘substantive announcement’ on exit fees in August

July 19, 2012 by

A letter to a Carlex activist (the Campaign Against Retirement Leasehold Exploitation) reveals that the Office of Fair Trading, whose seemingly interminable investigation into exit fees on sale of leasehold retirement properties has lasted three years, will be making a “substantive announcement” in August.

The news comes in a letter of July 11 from Martin Harvey, of the “Retirement Homes Investigation Team”.

But there have also been heavy hints from Housing Minister Grant Shapps that he anticipates some action from the OFT. [Read more...]

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New chairman for Carlex

July 4, 2012 by

Sebastian O’Kelly has been appointed chairman of Carlex to replace founder Melissa Briggs, who has decided to stand down owing to ill health.

“Melissa was the driving force of Carlex in the four years of its existence, and the most effective campaigner I came across in journalism,” said O’Kelly. “She pushed retirement leasehold up the news agenda, won extensive print and broadcast coverage, and achieved widespread support in Parliament, both in the Commons and the Lords.”

Full statement on Carlex here

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Attack on OFT over exit fees

May 4, 2012 by

Hanover housing association, which manages 17,000 retirement properties, attacks Office of Fair Trading for its bungling three-year investigation into exit fees

 

OFT: Fancy logo and generous budget,
but what does it actually do?

The Hanover Housing Association, which manages 19,000 retirement properties, has issued a devastating criticism of the Office of Fair Trading for its bungling investigation into exit fees.

The transfer fees that leaseholders pay when retirement properties are bought and sold has been under OFT scrutiny since 2009. It is still unresolved whether the charges comply with the consumer protection regulations, or not.

“We wanted this tested in court, but the OFT didn’t want to do this,” said Hanover’s chief executive Bruce Moore.

“This leaves an important area of the investigation unresolved.”

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