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Bob Bessell

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

Category: APPG, Latest News, News, RetirementTag: ARCO, Ben Rosewall, Bob Bessell, Dan Healy, David Fothergill, Legal and General, Local Government Association, Melanie Gowers, Michael Voges, Pauline Jones, Retirement Security Limited, Sebastian O’Kelly

Bob Bessell

Bob Bessell steps in as LKP’s new interim chair

Category: ARHM, Latest News, NewsTag: Bob Bessell

New trustees and changes at LKP

Category: NewsTag: Bob Bessell, Dean Buckner, James Driscoll, Joanne Darbyshire, LKP trustees, Louie Burns, Martin Boyd, Sebastian O’Kelly

Sebastian O’Kelly addresses retirement property managers. Were you lynched? No, they agreed: leasehold ‘granny flats’ have no future

Category: ARHM, Latest News, News, RetirementTag: ARHM, Bob Bessell, Elim Court, Margaret Court, Retirement, Sebastian O’Kelly, Strand Court

Mortgage lenders and conveyancers lay bare the rot of leasehold to MPs

Category: APPG, Conveyancing Association, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Latest News, News, Parliament, Taylor WimpeyTag: Beth Rudolf, Bob Bessell, Conveyancing Association, Council of Mortgage Lenders, Countryside Properties plc, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Joanne Darbyshire, Justin Madders MP, Marie Rimmer MP, Mortgage lenders, Nationwide, Robert Stevens, Sir Ed Davey, Sir Peter Bottomley, Taylor Wimpey

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‘If I fail to offend anyone, I will do it next time,’ Bottomley tells appalled leasehold professionals at LEASE annual conference

Category: FPRA, HomeSlider, Justin Bates, Latest News, LEASE, Martin Paine, News, NewsSlider, Oakland Court, Parliament, TchenguizTag: Anthony Essien, Bellway, Benjamin Mire, Bob Bessell, Charter Quay, Gavin Barwell, James Wyatt, Justin Bates, LEASE, Leasehold Advisory Service, Martin Paine, Mundy, Parthenia, Roger Southam, Shula Rich, Sir Peter Bottomley, Ted Ayres, Vincent Tchenguiz

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

Category: Commons Debate 20/12/16Tag: Bob Bessell

Taylor Wimpey abandons the leasehold houses racket from January 1

Category: APPG, Ground rent scandal, Latest News, MPs' APPG on leasehold, News, Taylor WimpeyTag: APPG, Bob Bessell, Louie Burns, Patrick Collinson, Philip Rainey QC, Roger Southam, Taylor Wimpey

70 attend APPG on leasehold after ground rent scandal grabs media attention

Category: APPG, APPG December 14 2016, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Justin Madders MP, MPs' APPG on leasehold, Parliament, Persimmon, Sir Peter Bottomley, Taylor WimpeyTag: APPG, Barratt, Bob Bessell, David Thomas, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Justin Madders MP, Patrick Collinson, Ruth Cadbury MP, Sir Peter Bottomley, Taylor Wimpey, The Guardian

Housebuilder Bob Bessell says ‘no justification for ground rents at all’

Category: APPG December 14 2016, MPs' APPG on leaseholdTag: Bob Bessell, Retirement Security Limited

Retirement housebuilder hands £7m of freeholds to the leaseholders

Category: ARHM, Latest News, News, RetirementTag: Bob Bessell, Jim Fitzpatrick, Retirement, Retirement Security Limited, Sir Peter Bottomley

Will Lord Best’s proposals produce a healthy retirement housing market …

Category: Housing associations, Latest News, News, Parliament, RetirementTag: Andrew Burgess, APPG, ARCO, Bob Bessell, Cass Business School, Channel Four Dispatches, Charles Ponsonby House, Churchill Retirement Living, Demos, Elim Court, Extra Care Charitable Trust, Gary Day, Hallmark, Les Mayhew, LifeCare Residences, Lord Best, McCarthy and Stone, Michael Ball, Michael Voges, Oakland Court, Ortus Homes, Planning Issues Limited, Retirement, Retirement Security Limited, Strand Court, Viridian Housing

Bob Bessell: Expelled from ARHM, but this is how leaseholders should be empowered

Category: ARHM, NewsTag: ARHM, Bob Bessell, Retirement Security Limited

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