Labour has set out plans to ban the sale of new private
leasehold houses and flats in an overhaul of property ownership rules that
could slash the costs for homeowners of buying their freeholds. The shadow
housing secretary, John Healey, said the proposals would end exploitative
practices by freeholds, “from rip-off ground rents, to punitive fees to onerous
contract conditions stating what they can and can’t do to their own homes”. The
government has already announced it will axe leaseholds on all new-build
houses, though it is not clear when the measures will formally take effect.
Read more on the Guardian website.
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