{"id":61686,"date":"2017-07-25T06:01:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T23:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/leaseholds-on-new-build-houses-in-england-to-be-banned\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T06:12:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T23:12:41","slug":"leaseholds-on-new-build-houses-in-england-to-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/leaseholds-on-new-build-houses-in-england-to-be-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaseholds on new-build houses in England to be banned"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGround rents on flats could also be cut to zero under proposals to be outlined by communities secretary Sajid JavidBuilders are to be banned by the government from selling houses as leasehold in England and ground rents on flats could be cut to zero following widespread outrage over exploitative contracts.In a blow for major housebuilders such as Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon, builders, communities secretary Sajid Javid will on Tuesday set out plans to \u201cban new build houses being sold as leasehold as well as restricting ground rents to as low as zero\u201d. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Ground rents on flats could also be cut to zero under proposals to be outlined...<\/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-61686","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-g2W","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61796,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/victims-of-ground-rent-scandal-demand-action-on-existing-abuses\/","url_meta":{"origin":61686,"position":0},"title":"Victims of ground rent scandal demand action on existing abuses","date":"July 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r As government plans to ban leaseholds on new-build houses, there are claims up to 100,000 people own \u2018unsellable\u2019 propertiesVictims of the ground rents scandal are demanding ministers go further in tackling unfair abuses of the leasehold system, amid claims that as many as 100,000 existing homeowners remain trapped in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":62184,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/victory-new-build-leaseholds-banned-but-what-of-those-already-trapped\/","url_meta":{"origin":61686,"position":1},"title":"Victory! 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