Entries by Whitney Jacque

Law Commission Proposes Major Modifications to the Enfranchisement Rules for Leasehold Houses

In December of 2017 the Government announced it would prohibit nearly all future sales of new build leasehold houses and would be proposing modifications to the existing rules applicable to leasehold properties to circumvent what it has referred to as “feudal practices” and “unnecessary leaseholds, unjustifiable charges and onerous ground rent terms.” Although for flats […]