The government wants to make leasehold ‘easier and cheaper’. That’s the headline. It is a virtuous message, politically useful and broadly appealing. But the reality...

Mark Chick, director of ALEP and a Partner at Bishop & Sewell LLP, explores the proposed shift from leasehold to commonhold ownership for flats in England and Wales.

Mark Wilson, director of Myleasehold and a member of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners, explores the financial fragility of the Commonhold ownership model and...

Tom Jansons, development director at Jansons Property, explores several factors which are increasingly driving small business owners to purchase their own units rather than lease.

Mark Chick, director of ALEP and a Partner at Bishop & Sewell LLP explores how commonhold will change property ownership for the owners and purchasers of leasehold properties.

As the qualifying criteria opens up new opportunities for leaseholders, ALEP shares its advice for all involved.

The Property Ombudsman received 6,649 enquiries related to leasehold and investigated 1,313 cases in 2024

As commercial lease agreements and clauses can be difficult to understand, Jonathan Hand, founder of The Lease Negotiator shares his insight and advice for those about to sign a new...

Despite the effective scrapping of the two-year rule, more significant changes are expected in the autumn, including the Draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill.

A new Bill, proposed by the government intends to strengthen leaseholders’ rights, with further measures such as introducing qualifications for property agents also being looked...