News archive

We all agree, yet we are still waiting for the leasehold reforms promised years ago, says Katie Kendrick

APPG on shared ownership: L&Q wrong to hard sell ‘Black Friday’ knock-off flats to buyers. Urgent need for shared ownership re-sale data to be on Land Registry

We support leasehold reform but not abolishing it and leaseholders are served by ground rents, says the Residential Freehold Association

Housing Minister Rachel Maclean pledges to reform LEASE, calls out Churchill Retirement Living, pledges to end the ‘assured tenancy trap’ and reiterates commitments to reform leasehold

War of attrition: FirstPort appeals St David’s Square leaseholder victory (after telling leaseholders everyone would be sharing in the win)

FirstPort / E&J Estates face insurance challenge over ramping up rebuild costs

Abacus Land sees its ground rents more than double to £711, thanks to RPI

Sell-out run for ‘Fleecehold’, the play telling the story of the founders of the National Leasehold Campaign

Call for evidence on shared ownership, from the robust Communities Select Committee

Your chance to say what you think about retirement housing before September 18

Libel lawyers for Richard Davidoff, of ABC Estates, fail to get Google to hand over online reviewers’ identities

What a surprise! Nigel Glen becomes the mouthpiece of freehold investors

Devastating criticism of FCA for telling MPs it only knew of leasehold insurance fiddling ‘just prior’ to Michael Gove demanding a probe last year!

We need retirement ground rent gaming like a hole in the head, say retirement community operators

Court of Appeal backs rights of 200,000 shared ownership leaseholders after right to manage duel with Israel Moskovitz

What is the point of this government, asks Lisa Nandy as it wriggles over promised leasehold reforms

Black Friday for FirstPort: ALL leaseholders at St David’s Square to share £479,000 service charge triumph. And £55,000 in energy subsidies to be paid up

Net Zero is going to be difficult throughout the world … but with leasehold tenure, next to impossible

We just made it up: landlord pays back £120,000 for intercom costs at St David’s Square that it cannot account for (and is leased for eternity)

Investors see gold in retirement housing, but oldies have taken a look and remain wary … Brighter developers are pushing for change

Dudley Joiner, boss of the Right To Manage Federation, banned from being a company director – for the second time

Leasehold reforms this parliamentary session, says minister

Bottomley to raise with Churchill Retirement its decision to continue charging ground rents

Don’t extend your lease if that puts you on the hook for building safety bills (this applies to non-highrises, too)

FCA finds ‘significant shortcomings’ in leasehold insurance. While Michael Gove urges it to look further

Interview with Lord Greenhalgh: I don’t think the leasehold reforms will be in the King’s Speech

RTMs and RMCs must check management contracts to avoid managing agents making expensive fire safety decisions with no oversight

Landlord Malcolm Digby Warner, of Pediment Properties: Sorry I did not ask for ground rent for five years, but pay up now, along with £785.82 in interest I lost because of my carelessness – or I will forfeit the lease!

Nigel Glen decamps to FirstPort, abandoning the ‘Property Institute’ (ARMA, IRPM)

Cladding leaseholder Arjun Batish, with no legal training, fights £200,000 fire safety bills – and wins

Victory over FirstPort at St David’s Square with £100,000s to be re-payed to leaseholders over insurance and leasing of ancient door entry system

Bungling operations manager and directors at retirement site Dibleys Heritage signed £66,000 a year energy deal incorrectly – and have cost leaseholders £40,000 in legal fees

Galliard and Lendlease were quick to get leaseholders on the hook for building safety bills, now they won’t sign Michael Gove’s agreement to pay up