Thursday, 31 October 2013

Council Selling Sheltered Housing Land

A local authority is selling off the land under sheltered housing in the city as part of a £40 million asset sale aimed at bolstering its budget. The sell-off from Newcastle council includes the ‘reversionary interests’ of three sheltered housing schemes. Purchasers of such interests take over the freehold of land when existing leases expire. Mark Lloyd, head of strategic property at Newcastle, said current leaseholders were getting first dibs on the sheltered housing asset sales. ‘We always approach the leaseholder to see if they want to buy’.  Read more on Inside Housing.

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