{"id":63022,"date":"2017-08-07T22:58:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/breakthrough-in-leasehold-scandal-as-countryside-buys-back-freeholds\/"},"modified":"2017-08-07T23:14:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:14:15","slug":"breakthrough-in-leasehold-scandal-as-countryside-buys-back-freeholds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/breakthrough-in-leasehold-scandal-as-countryside-buys-back-freeholds\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough in leasehold scandal as Countryside buys back freeholds"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nProperty developer to take freeholds back from E&J Estates and release homeowners from clauses that double ground rent every 10 yearsHopes of a breakthrough for householders trapped in the leasehold scandal are rising after a major developer agreed to buy back some freeholds and axe controversial ground rent clauses.Countryside Properties, which sold some of the freeholds on its houses to ground rent company E&J Estates, has agreed to buy a number of them back with a view to releasing homeowners from clauses where ground rents double every 10 years. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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