{"id":94289,"date":"2018-07-20T11:01:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T04:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hope-for-thousands-caught-in-leasehold-trap\/"},"modified":"2018-07-20T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T04:04:33","slug":"hope-for-thousands-caught-in-leasehold-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hope-for-thousands-caught-in-leasehold-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for thousands caught in leasehold trap"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLaw Commission proposes changing charges for conversion to freehold
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\nSource : ft.com
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Law Commission proposes changing charges for conversion to freehold Source : ft.com Read more…Hope...<\/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-94289","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-owN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107984,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/watchdog-investigates-leasehold-trap-for-uk-homebuyers\/","url_meta":{"origin":94289,"position":0},"title":"Watchdog investigates 'leasehold trap' for UK homebuyers","date":"June 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Competition and Markets Authority to look at mis-selling and potentially unfair contractsUK homeowners at risk of falling into the so-called \u201cleasehold trap\u201d could benefit from a new official investigation into potential misleading practices and unfair terms.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its inquiry into the leasehold market \u2013\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32165,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-new-builds-catching-house-buyers-in-a-leasehold-property-trap\/","url_meta":{"origin":94289,"position":1},"title":"The new-builds catching house buyers in a leasehold property trap","date":"October 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Recently built homes have been left unsaleable, with owners asked to fork out five-figure sums for freeholds. 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