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Valuers Forum Response
The Leasehold Forum is an established organisation which facilitates and promotes discussion among solicitors and chartered surveyors involved in the work of Leasehold Enfranchisement. Members of the Forum have serious concerns in relation to t...
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Leasehold Enfranchisement Consultation Paper
In September 2018 the Law Commission is to publish their Consultation Paper on enfranchisement.
The Consultation Paper will provisionally propose a new, single regime for leasehold enfranchisement designed to benefit leaseholders of hous...
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Statutory Process - Lease Extension
Under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 owners of a long lease (more than 21 years) who have been registered proprietors of their flat for more than two years and pay a ground rent are entitled to extend their leases for a t...
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Statutory Process - Buying Your Freehold
The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act provides lessees of flats to get together to buy the freehold interest in the premises which contain the flats.
The provisions require the block of flats to consist of a self contained buildi...
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