Ground rent is a fee paid by a leaseholder to the freeholder for the right to occupy the land their property is built on. Ground rent is most commonly paid by leasehold flat owners but if you own a ...

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9 Housing Concerns - year on year changes (2018 vs 2017) The fastest rising housing issue over the past year is the leasehold/ freehold system. Up 6% in 2017 and up 8% in 2018, 56% say the leasehold/ ...

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5 Methodology This is the sixth annual Homeowner Survey, a state of the nation report covering UK housing issues, released in four parts and made possible through sponsorship by BLP Insurance, leading ...

4 Introduction Every year we undertake a nationwide survey to find out how people feel about their most obsessed about possession – their homes. Our Homeowner Survey 2018, now in its sixth year and ...

8 Housing Concerns – top issues, trends, regional concerns Housing Concerns - top issues Across the country, the number one housing issue is the difficulty of first-time buyers getting on the property ...