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This problem isn’t over for 5m leased households – TILL ANDY BURNHAM TAKES ACTION.
Yesterday, late on Friday afternoon the Directors of the leasehold management company of 5 and 6 Friar Street sat down to discuss how we could manage our property. We would have liked to have done so as the owners of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Harry Scoffin, leasehold, Pensions, Tax
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Freehold vs Leasehold – there should not be a difference.
It is time that the Prime Minister was definitive about leasehold. This criticism of what his Government has done so far is accurate and painful for leaseholders to read. Despite the work of a few campaigners that include Lords of … Continue reading
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Tagged freehold, Freeleaseholder, Harry Scottin, leasehold, Pensions
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If you want leaseholders freedom, you’ve got today to have your say!
STEP ONE CLICK HERE TO READ THE BRIEFING STEP TWO RESPOND TO GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION Harry Scoffin says more in this video than I can say in words Fight now, or let the leasehold mafia win. Give them an inch, and … Continue reading
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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Tagged Free leaseholders, Harry Scoffin, leasehold, Leaseholders, value
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We need to free the leaseholders and support Scoffin, Ali , Rayner and Gove in parliament next week
I got this as I came out of an encouraging meeting yesterday afternoon. My heart went from gentle warmth to burning pension when I read my WhatsApp feed. To my great disappointment, I am attending a friend’s funeral when Harry … Continue reading
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
Leaseholders left behind at Christmas say the Times
I am concerned for leaseholders as are those who support Harry Scoffin in his efforts for them.
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Tagged Christmas, Free leaseholders, leasehold, Melissa York, the Times
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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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Tagged Commercial Property, ground rent, leasehold, Pensions, Property, RailPen, Retail P{roperty
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Don’t buy house-price “project fear”.
The realisable value of the property or leasehold that you own is subject to market forces. The Conservative line is that they will support the property owning classed by keeping prices higher. House prices do not necessarily rise, they go … Continue reading