Osbornes Law comments on the Law Commission recommendations for housing market

Osbornes Law comments on the Law Commission recommendations that have the potential to change the face of the housing market.

Guy Osborn, head of commercial property and leasehold reform at Osbornes Law says:

“This is a radical step that would change the face of the housing market. The key to the success of all of the proposals, however, will be the promotion of the commonhold tenure, which will provide a viable alternative to leasehold.

“If it is not made either compulsory or significantly more attractive to housebuilders, they are unlikely to take it up and will stick with the traditional leasehold model. Commonhold has been around since 2002 but there are little more than a handful of commonhold properties in the UK at present, because for developers it simply doesn’t make financial sense.

“The leasehold model allows for both the sale of individual flats and the property’s freehold whereas the commonhold model deprives developers of a valuable, saleable asset. If government is really serious about reforming the housing market, they will need to provide developers with a financial incentive or ban new builds from being sold as leasehold altogether.”

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