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Following extensive negative press and a campaign by disgruntled leaseholders over the doubling of ground rents every ten years, Taylor Wimpey have started a Ground Rent Review Assistance Scheme. The scheme is offered on a voluntary basis, which Taylor Wimpey say follows a comprehensive review that looked at concerns raised over the saleability and mortgageability … Continued

Last month, we wrote about the onerous ground rent clauses affecting homeowners who had bought new-build properties as leaseholds. Leaseholds consultation Today, the government has announced it is to introduce a consultation with the aim of outlawing developers selling new-build houses as leasehold.  This follows widespread criticism of national house builders selling new houses as … Continued