I'm talking about the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill on a panel for Westminster Forum Projects tomorrow morning. It's online and you can find out more here: westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/conference/Lea…

A £250 cap on ground rents is a win.

It means leaseholders can sell up and get on with their lives.

20 years to peppercorn is not ideal, but if The Labour Party Angela Rayner 🌹 Matthew Pennycook MP wish to make a counter-offer, leaseholders and journos will be all ears. insidehousing.co.uk/news/continuat…

Etymology of the day: the name of the Canary Islands didn’t begin with the canary bird. Instead it’s thought that the Latin ‘canaria insula’ described the ‘island of dogs’, because one of the islands had a large population of wild dogs. Which would mean that the archipelago’s

Finally, I have combined my two great loves: houses and dogs thetimes.co.uk/article/how-do…

Thousands dead, 40 years of cover-up, no one has ever been held to account. It's time for justice for the infected blood victims. The Sunday Times is campaigning for action. Now. #bloodydisgrace More here: thetimes.co.uk/article/infect…

Read the small print of longer-term (more than 12-months) tenancies. Some of them don't have break clauses and you could end up having to pay the letting agent's commission to get out of it thetimes.co.uk/article/estate…

Melissa York Hamptons Estate Agents Good article. One point that Hamptons obviously don’t make is that it’s easier for landlords to save on management costs by self-managing if they buy properties close to where they live.

It makes a huge difference to profitability. I did the math here:

theindependentlandlord.com/does-btl-make-…

I'm looking to speak to anyone who has faced an exceptionally long wait to see their GP, for a story in The Times and The Sunday Times
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Amid talk of landlords selling up, 'most, even highly leveraged, investors will still turn a profit at today’s [mortgage] rates' says Hamptons Estate Agents head of research. I got into the weeds of landlord maths to explain why buy-to-let isn't a losing game thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to…

This July will be 5 years since Lord Best's report on the regulation of property agents came out and outlined in detail how and why we should have an independent regulator. Gov't still hasn't responded, let alone implemented it. I spoke to Lord Best thetimes.co.uk/article/why-ar…

Landlords have frequently said they felt under attack in recent years. But many have found ways to keep going, despite tax hikes and interest rate rises. Melissa York of @timesproperty with a granular piece here on when it makes sense, and when it doesn't

thetimes.co.uk/article/2b1dd9…

Meanwhile, legal advice is understood to have warned that retrospective changes to property rights could make Government vulnerable to legal challenge

Sources close to Gove say the advice did not say the policy would be unlawful and there was a path through

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Exclusive: Gove is fighting to salvage his leasehold reforms after No10/Treasury axed one of his key proposals

Gove wanted to reduce all ground rents to a peppercorn rent, which he hoped would lead to a phase-out of the system

That plan is now dead

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thetimes.co.uk/article/no-10-…

The dream of reform for existing leaseholds unravels as Treasury and Downing Street quietly axes peppercorn ground rent w/ Harry Yorke

thetimes.co.uk/article/d11482…

Properties in the southeast are selling for well below their asking price as squeezed sellers refuse to pay over the odds for a country residence thetimes.co.uk/article/has-th…

This has got to be about the most incoherent and nonsensical commentaries on the housing shortage. It's tempting to ignore it. But it's a harmful argument that some will use to oppose the new housing we so badly need. So listing off the many reasons why it's wrong: 🧵

The generation game: I spoke to recent homebuyers from five different age groups about their experiences getting on the property ladder. Wise words from Grace, 91: “You never have things when you need them. I think life is the wrong way around sometimes” thetimes.co.uk/article/talkin…

The government is abolishing multiple dwellings relief from June 1. Buyers with an offer accepted on a property with at least two separate dwellings need to seal the deal before the cut-off date, or they could face paying six-figure sums in stamp duty thetimes.co.uk/article/want-a…

looks like this kate middleton photo has also been doctored

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I see Residential Freehold Association quoted with their new misleading line about all the ills of leasehold being down to managing agents.

It may come as surprise to them that they have the power to sack the managing agents they appoint.