Leasehold properties in Medway hit 17,000 – how many could be affected by the ground rent scandal?

There have been several news updates about the leasehold scandal but it seems there’s still no resolution for a lot of people stuck with spiralling ground rents. Recently I’ve heard more unbelievable stories about leasehold home owners being charged exorbitant amounts to even make changes to their properties. Reports of people paying £252 just to […]
The leasehold ground rent scandal – how many properties in Medway could be affected?

Leasehold agreements have been around for hundreds of years but this year they were bought into the limelight when it was suggested that up to 100,000 leaseholders are trapped in developer contracts with spiralling ground rent costs. And so the government stepped in… Historically, ground rent was kept to a minimum. A mere token of […]