{"id":136604,"date":"2023-05-11T01:34:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T18:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-is-leasehold-and-are-there-any-alternatives\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T01:51:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T18:51:56","slug":"what-is-leasehold-and-are-there-any-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-is-leasehold-and-are-there-any-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"What is leasehold, and are there any alternatives?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCladding crisis highlighted issues as leaseholders ask government to facilitate commonhold systemPlans to abolish \u2018feudal\u2019 leasehold system in England and Wales dropped Given that they have paid large sums for their homes, leaseholders might be surprised to find that they are in a landlord and tenant relationship with the freeholder. The rights and obligations on both sides are governed by the terms of the lease agreement \u2013 including its length. There are almost 4.9m leasehold homes in England, of which 69% are flats and 31% are houses. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Cladding crisis highlighted issues as leaseholders ask government to facilitate commonhold systemPlans to abolish \u2018feudal\u2019...<\/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-136604","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-zxi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":169870,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rayner-urges-starmer-to-keep-promise-on-leasehold-reform\/","url_meta":{"origin":136604,"position":0},"title":"Rayner urges Starmer to keep promise on leasehold reform","date":"January 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ex-deputy PM says government must stick to plans to cap charges for leaseholders in England and WalesIs this Labour party for rich investors or hard-working leaseholders? 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