Leasehold Reform and Its Impact

How reform is reshaping ground rent values and what to watch

Government policy has turned against the ground rent investor: new income-producing ground rents have been closed off, the rules on lease extensions and freehold sales rewritten, and a move away from leasehold signalled. This book explains what that means for values and how to buy on tomorrow's rules rather than yesterday's. It sets out the legal framework and the statutes that matter, with a worked example, then the consents you grant, the rights leaseholders can exercise, including the Right to Manage, and what enfranchisement does to your numbers. The contracts chapter explains why the lease is your income word for word, why a doubling clause is a trap in numbers, the assured tenancy threshold and why you must read every lease. You will see why freeholders carry real duties on insurance and building safety, how tax and structure fit a reform-shaped future, and a compliance checklist. It ends with what getting this wrong costs. Next in this series: “Building a Reversion Portfolio”.

What’s inside

• The legal framework, in plain English
• Permissions, consents and the Right to Manage
• The contracts, and what must be inside them
• Insurance, safety and your legal duties
• Tax treatment and choosing a structure
• Your compliance checklist
• Getting this wrong: what it actually costs

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