Tag Archives: Harry Scoffin
How the leasehold mafia screwed a generation of homeowners
Looking at the increasing amount of interest in the blogs that Harry Scoffin has produced for us, I reckon that we are getting worried about the fate of leaseholders who can’t move for falling prices, who pay the equivalent … Continue reading
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You own a leasehold flat? Are you a debt slave to freeholders?
Harry Scoffin goes viral on instagram The The unique paranoia of leaseholders- “nobody wants to be a debt slave to a freeholder” Harry is right on both counts. Here is the recent video that spells Harry’s message out very well!
Harry Scoffin’s efforts for leaseholders in parliament
Harry Scoffin is not speaking for himself, he’s speaking for his generation and all generations trapped in leasehold flats they cannot afford to keep or sell. His latest appearance was in Westminster where his fervour ignited Cove and Rayner later … Continue reading
Lease holding depends on Government’s intentions – what are they?
London is a great place to buy a flat, it is a vibrant City and a flat gives you access to everything on your doorstep except, buying a flat is not proving very lucrative. Today, Harry Scoffin with be in … Continue reading
The grafters should come before the grifters – the free leaseholders say.
If you don’t know the difference between the grifter and a grafter – read this blog The consequence of the grifters getting ahead of the grafters is a collapse in leasehold re-sale prices.
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
The questions on the “leasehold cartel” that pensioners need answering
This is what the Government is saying to the one million people who are reckoned to being fleeced by free holders. It is good but it is not good enough. Harry Scoffin and the Free Leaseholders will bank what … Continue reading
Leaseholders are not getting protection and it’s not good enough.
https://www.freeleaseholders.org.uk/ Earlier this week I pointed to statistics showing that all over the country, the owners of leasehold properties are finding reselling of their leaseholds harder. Indeed many leaseholders are finding they cannot get the money they paid for the … Continue reading
My home is no longer my pension – London estate agents tell me!
It is a recurring theme that plays in my head from my days selling pensions to my peers back in the 1980s and 1990s (when it was my job). “My house is my pension” Those of us. many of us, … Continue reading