Tag Archives: ground rent
Value for Money matters in housing as it does in pensions.
There is a congruence between the FT and the Guardian about the financial impact of allowing value of leasehold is falling most dramatic in London but now all over Britain. This is a pension blog, but we must remember that … Continue reading
Labour Partially U-Turns on Promised Reforms in Leasehold Bill
Wow. Something is happening in our politics. From Zack Polanski on the left to Guido Fawkes on the right, there’s growing agreement: leasehold must be abolished. Free the land. Free the people. So why are The Labour Party siding with … Continue reading
The Labour Govt. does not have to betray leaseholders like this
Last time it was Ground Rent Wars. Now it’s Ground Rent Betrayal. Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook and Chancellor Rachel Reeves are betraying leaseholders over ground rent reduction, according to a report in The i Paper on Thursday night. Barry Gardiner, Lord (Michael) Gove and Angela … Continue reading
Ground Rents don’t seem to be doing much good for pensions either.
Let’s start by looking at the problem with ground rents from the perspective of someone on or getting on the housing ladder. Ground rents are toxic. They’re stopping people getting mortgages. They’re stopping sales. The market is dead in certain … Continue reading
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Leasehold Bill debated today – ground rents still need capping.
RESCUE THE LEASEHOLD AND FREEHOLD REFORM BILL So many of you have written to me sick with worry about the fate of this Bill. Our party promised it in our election-winning 2019 manifesto. We must deliver it. Campaigners will keep … Continue reading
48 hours to save leaseholders our bill
🙏48 HOURS TO SAVE THE BILL – LEASEHOLDERS UNITE🙏 We believe in miracles. And we really need one. If you need to see the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill rammed through onto the statute books before the GE, email your … Continue reading
The PLSA , Ground Rents and Harry Scoffin
Something has gone wrong at the PLSA and I shouldn’t be the only person worried about it. Let’s start this story with Harry Scoffin, young and brutally direct – Greta to the ground renters But what is this “industry” that … Continue reading