{"id":114603,"date":"2020-02-28T17:58:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T10:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/watchdog-to-act-as-uk-homebuyers-misled-and-overcharged\/"},"modified":"2020-02-28T18:16:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T11:16:44","slug":"watchdog-to-act-as-uk-homebuyers-misled-and-overcharged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/watchdog-to-act-as-uk-homebuyers-misled-and-overcharged\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog to act as UK homebuyers 'misled and overcharged'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCompetition and Markets Authority says it will do all it can to help leaseholdersAn investigation by the competition watchdog has found \u201ctroubling evidence\u201d that leasehold homeowners and prospective buyers were being misled and charged excessive fees by developers.The Competition and Markets Authority said it would do everything it could to help people who find themselves in \u201cserious traps\u201d. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Competition and Markets Authority says it will do all it can to help leaseholdersAn investigation...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-tOr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107984,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/watchdog-investigates-leasehold-trap-for-uk-homebuyers\/","url_meta":{"origin":114603,"position":0},"title":"Watchdog investigates 'leasehold trap' for UK homebuyers","date":"June 11, 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