Leasehold houses and the ground rent scandal: all you need to know

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Guardian Consumer Affairs

Campaigners say 100,000 homebuyers in England are trapped in developer contracts with spiralling costs – how did this happen?Britain has had leasehold homes for hundreds of years, but only in the past few months has the ground rent scandal exploded. Now the government is proposing a complete ban...

Leasehold houses and the ground rent scandal: all you need to know (external link to Guardian Consumer Affairs)