Who are Dublin-based Boardwalk Finance DAC and Jetty Finance DAC? Why do they own freeholds to people’s homes? And why are they based abroad? Boardwalk Finance DAC and Jetty Finance DAC, which share the same offices in Dublin, emerge as large scale owners of UK residential freeholds, according to the Guardian today. Jetty Finance DAC […]
The Sun demands end to ground-rent rip-offs
The Sun has launched a campaign today to “end the leasehold stranglehold”. In an emphatic article money editor Daniel Jones demands: An end to leasehold houses apart from exceptional cases (such as the developer does not own the land) Compensation for those affected, either from conveyancing solicitors or the developers. An independent task force, set […]