Commons Debate 20/12/16

Commons leasehold debate. December 20 2016

We want to hear more from developers putting things right, says housing minister

Justin ‘Madders than hell’ about Taylor Wimpey / Bellway / Redrow ground rent scams in leasehold houses

Billionaire John Christodoulou and his lawyer David Marsden accused of ‘little short of harassment’ of court-appointed managing agent

Martin Paine ‘is a crook who is turning sleaze in leases into an art form’, MPs told

Benjamin Mire ‘not fit to go on being a member of RICS’

‘Reverse the Mundy case on lease valuations by statute if necessary’

Mixed verdict on Leasehold Advisory Service

Ground rent scam ‘creates new asset class,’ says Ruth Cadbury

Luke and Brian Comer using ‘tricks’ to stop Platinum House getting right to manage

Tchenguiz ‘skulduggery’, Peverel / Cirrus bid-rigging scam and Charter Quay: all get another outing

Right to manage woes at Elim and Regent Courts retirement sites

Tribute to housebuilder Bob Bessell, who says ground rents have no justification

Campaign against Residential Leasehold Exploitation reveals abysmal retirement housing re-sale values