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Commonhold will not be instantly cheaper

31st July 2026, 1 day ago | 2

Leaseholders are among the many people impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, and many are looking to leasehold reform as a...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2026, 3 days ago | 0

Article by Katherine Simpson, Partner at Edwin Coe LLP The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LAFRA) represents one of...

Author: Shabnam Ali-Khan

24th July 2026, 1 week ago | 0

Property investors have good reason to watch leasehold reform closely. Much of the public debate is framed around homeowners, but...

Author: Lucy Riley

1st July 2026, 1 month ago | 3

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised...

Author: Mari Knowles

25th June 2026, 1 month ago | 9

The reform debate is moving quickly and consumers are increasingly asking what commonhold is, what it changes and what it...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st May 2026, 3 months ago | 2

The housing minister claims the government will not “immediately abolish leasehold overnight”. In a speech at the Institute for Government...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2026, 6 months ago | 4

Industry experts have welcomed the government’s plans to cap ground rents at £250 a year in older leases and introduce...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th July 2025, 1 year ago | 13

A consultation to bring in sweeping reforms to overhaul what the government calls the ‘feudal leasehold system’ has been unveiled....