{"id":122019,"date":"2021-09-15T16:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T09:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thousands-of-leaseholders-freed-from-doubling-of-ground-rents\/"},"modified":"2021-09-15T17:03:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T10:03:21","slug":"thousands-of-leaseholders-freed-from-doubling-of-ground-rents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thousands-of-leaseholders-freed-from-doubling-of-ground-rents\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of leaseholders freed from doubling of ground rents"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCountryside Properties to remove such terms from contracts after CMA investigationThousands of people who bought leasehold homes from the housing developer Countryside Properties will be freed from costly contract terms, following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority.The watchdog has been looking into the practice by Countryside and other property developers of doubling ground rent every 10 to 15 years. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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