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  1. Published on: 22/04/2022 08:57 AMReported by: editor
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    The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force on 30 June 2022.

    • Ground rent charges will be banned on most new residential leases from 30 June 2022
    • Ban will put an end to increasing annual costs
    • First step in government reform package to create fairer housing system, levelling up opportunities for more people

    Future homebuyers will see their prospective property bills reduce in just over two months, when the government’s ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force.

    The government is taking action to rid future homeowners of annual costs – known as ground rent. Sometimes worth hundreds of pounds a year, these charges provide no clear service in return and can be set to escalate regularly, with a significant financial burden for leaseholders.

    From 30 June 2022, anyone buying a home on a new long lease will now be freed from these annual costs, helping homeowners manage their bills as they face cost of living increases.

    Landlords will be banned from charging ground rent to future leaseholders, under a new law that will lead to fairer, more transparent homeownership for thousands of homebuyers, helping to level up opportunities for more people.

    In preparation, many landlords have already reduced ground rent to zero for homebuyers starting a new lease with them. Anyone preparing to sign a new lease on a home in the next two months should speak to their landlord to ensure their ground rent rate reflects the upcoming changes.

    Leasehold Minister, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh said:

    This is an important milestone in our work to fix the leasehold system and to level up home ownership.

    Abolishing these unreasonable costs will make the dream of home ownership a more affordable reality for the next generation of home buyers.

    I welcome the move from many landlords who have already set ground rent on their new leases to zero and I urge others to follow suit ahead of this becoming law.

    The move forms the first part of the government’s reform package that will make homeownership cheaper, fairer and more secure.

    Future measures, announced last year, include a new right for leaseholders to extend their leases to 990 years at zero ground rent and an online calculator to help leaseholders find out how much it would cost to buy their freehold or extend their lease.

    In addition, thousands of existing leaseholders have also already seen a reduction in their inflated ground rent costs. In a government crackdown, the Competition Market Authority (CMA) secured commitments with major homebuilders to stop doubling ground charges every year for leaseholders.

    Those who own properties with Aviva, Persimmon, Countryside Properties, Taylor Wimpey and others will see their ground rent returned to the rate it was when they first bought their home. The CMA’s investigation is continuing into Barratt Developments, Brigante Properties and the investment group Abacus Land and Adriatic Land.

    The ban on landlords charging ground rent on new residential leases, announced today, will also apply to retirement homes. This will come into force no earlier than 1 April 2023 and more details will be confirmed in due course.

    Source: gov.uk April 22nd 2022

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  3. jayjay2000 says:22/04/2022 01:22 PM
    It's worth reflecting on the point that many of our largest corporate house builders conspired to extract ever increasing amounts of money via fraudulent ground rent schemes.
    And that in many cases they duped purchasers by allowing the building company provided solicitors to hide this fact when dealing with the purchasers.
    And that these companies felt able to do this with the present government in power and in charge of monitoring this sort of thing (not sure if this started under Labour also).
    Bottom line - as pointed out by many decent business people, this kind of rampant corruption is what is likely to endanger the whole concept of Capitalism.
    For years now the Conservatives and Labour have abandoned all pretence of helping small and medium businesses and now serve only the largest firms. Unsure why many Tory voters have not worked this one out.

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