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Leasehold Reform and the Commonhold Question: Evolution or Revolution?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2026, 4 days ago | 0

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

Leasehold reform concept with “RISK” text, property keys and London skyline illustrating investor uncertainty over commonhold and RTM.

Commonhold and RTM: the investor risk is changing

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...

Unsafe cladding on a residential apartment building highlighting new government funding for leaseholder building safety.

Leaseholders to receive government support over unsafe cladding

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 1

The government has announced funding to help protect leaseholders living in buildings affected by unsafe cladding. Under the plans, funding...

Leasehold apartment block trapped by rising service charges, ground rent and maintenance costs, highlighting difficulties selling flats.

Leasehold crisis continues as thousands face mounting costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Leaseholders remain trapped by rising costs and are unable to sell their homes, despite the government’s Leasehold and Freehold Act....

Comic-style superhero representing commonhold reform against a backdrop of modern apartment buildings and London skyline.

Commonhold reform: With great power comes great responsibility

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...

Prospective homeowners viewing a commonhold apartment development with shared ownership management

Commonhold explained: What agents should tell buyers and sellers

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...

Pressure gauge showing a proposed £250 ground rent cap as leasehold reform consultation papers fly overhead

Pressure mounts to move £250 ground rent cap forward to 2027

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th June 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Media reports suggest the government could bring forward plans to cap ground rents following pressure from MPs. A story in...

Leaseholders and freeholder lobbyists in a tug-of-war over leasehold reform outside Parliament

Leaseholders clash with lobby group over leasehold reforms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th June 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Leaseholders have slammed a “shadowy lobbyist group” for its last-ditch attempt to derail leasehold reform. The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC)...

Investor facing issues with Liverpool student accommodation leasehold investment and vacant rental units

Leasehold studio investment Liverpool 2018: seeking other owners?

Author: Readers Question

22nd May 2026, 2 months ago | 4

I purchased a 250-year leasehold studio apartment in a Liverpool city centre development in 2018 as an investment. The development...

Shield symbolising broadband rights and leasehold reform outside a UK residential building

Government sets out leasehold reforms including broadband rights and ground rent cap

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2026, 3 months ago | 12

Leaseholders will have a legal right to request fast broadband connections, with freeholders unable to unreasonably refuse. Under the Leasehold...

Government unveils leasehold reform and social housing investment in King’s Speech

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th May 2026, 3 months ago | 0

King Charles has delivered the King’s Speech setting out the government’s legislative agenda. Among the proposals was the Commonhold and...

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook speaking at podium on leasehold reform policy

Housing minister rejects calls for immediate leasehold abolition

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...

Freehold for sale sign with padlock and keys in front of an apartment block symbolising leasehold ownership transfer

Selling freehold of small block of flats?

Author: Readers Question

15th April 2026, 4 months ago | 22

I own the freehold of a small block of flats. I also owned all of the leasehold flats (jointly with...

Angela Rayner and Michael Gove discuss leasehold reform against a backdrop of the Houses of Parliament

Rayner and Gove attack ‘vested interests’ over leasehold reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2026, 5 months ago | 3

Two former housing secretaries have slammed the “vested interests of freeholders” over their response to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform...

Sign stating “No shares, no voting rights” outside a residential street, highlighting loss of resident control

Management company removed shareholders and votes?

Author: Readers Question

3rd February 2026, 6 months ago | 4

Hi, would like some advice. A small development’s residents pay a rent charge for communal areas (garden, fences, lights, etc.)....

Wooden figures illustrating conflict over ground rents and leasehold reform

Industry reaction to capping ground rents and leasehold reform

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...

Water pouring over a document titled “Leasehold Reforms,” symbolising pressure on government promises

Pressure mounts on government over leasehold reform

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...

Megaphone and email icons over world map representing a mass email campaign to MPs on leasehold reform

Campaign urges MPs to deliver action for leaseholders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2026, 7 months ago | 4

An organisation has launched a mass email campaign calling on MPs to deliver justice for leaseholders. The National Leasehold Campaign...

Broken communal front door of a block of flats after forced police entry, boarded and unsafe for residents

Freeholder refuses to replace damaged door?

Author: Readers Question

8th January 2026, 7 months ago | 7

I have two leasehold flats in a block of 4 converted flats, the freeholder owns the other two. The police...

Question mark over empty parking bay highlighting uncertainty over allocated parking space

Defective lease – missing parking space?

Author: Readers Question

18th December 2025, 8 months ago | 3

Hello, I legally completed on a flat in July 2015 and the development was physically completed in November 2018. I...

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