ground rent Archives - Property118

House and flat price gap hits 30-year high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th June 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Houses now cost 1.7 times more than flats across the UK, as weaker flat price growth and leasehold costs widen...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th January 2026, 6 months ago | 0

Leaseholders have warned the government not to betray them by watering down promised leasehold reforms. Press reports suggest a growing...

Author: Mark Wilson, member of ALEP (Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners)

28th July 2025, 1 year ago | 27

Many leaseholders today find themselves sitting on a financial time bomb. Not because of economic turmoil or interest rates, but...

Author: Readers Question

30th April 2025, 1 year ago | 12

Hi, Folks, Over the last few years I have sold most of my rental properties situated in the suburbs of...

Author: Readers Question

19th January 2024, 3 years ago | 18

Hello, Having got to the very end of a lengthy conveyance of a probate leasehold house purchase, I have an...

Author: Readers Question

21st November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Hello, I think we have seen cash strapped councils trying plenty of tactics to raise much-needed funds, the most obvious...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th November 2023, 3 years ago | 4

The government has announced plans to slash ground rents and save homeowners thousands of pounds. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has...

Author: Readers Question

8th November 2023, 3 years ago | 16

Hello, I bought a 999 year leasehold flat in January 2015. Despite thorough searches by my solicitors, no management company...

Author: Readers Question

30th January 2023, 4 years ago | 15

Hello, I sold a leasehold flat on last September. The freeholder is now sending demands (forwarded to me) for ground...