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“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues.  Here...

The Conservatives say they will scrap Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to sitting tenants, if they win the General...

The Liberal Democrats have set out a predictable set of pledges in their manifesto for next mon this election, centred on...

The ban on the sale of new leasehold homes is welcome but there can be no further delay in announcing ground...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

It has been widely reported that lenders are expecting a rise in the number of homeowners handing back their keys as...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into the workings of the private rental sector. It says the focus...

Over 5,000 leaseholders – some of them private landlords – could get refunds on their ground rent after the Competition and...

In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform...

The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force today.  Only a peppercorn ground rent...

For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...

The government has announced that its ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...

The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...

Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...

Landlords with leasehold properties should be able to enjoy reduced costs and red tape when they wish to extend their leases,...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

Thousands of landlords trapped in developer contracts with spiraling costs could be entitled to compensation, according to legal experts.  Around 100,000 homeowners...

A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Leasehold property ownership has come under yet more fire today after a new report laid bare the scale of mis-selling in...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report calling for wide ranging reforms to the leasehold system in...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is due to publish its report into Leasehold Reform today, which is designed to...

Assertions made by UK Finance that the leasehold system is not in need of major reform have been rejected by Leasehold...

A number of buy-to-let investors continue to acquire properties under the hammer despite recent tax hikes and significant political uncertainty, but...

We have seen a significant amount of publicity recently surrounding the sale of leasehold houses and the imposition of significant ground...

Buy-to-let landlords will still benefit from £16.7bn worth of tax relief, based on claims from the latest year’s tax returns, even...

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give cities the power to introduce rent controls under a Labour government. Yesterday was the last day...

A free mortgage advice clinic has been launched by The Happy Tenant Company in conjunction with the mortgage broker Lee Grandin...

Very few of us enjoy filling in a tax return. But here are a few suggestions put forward by London based...