Communities Select Committee lifts the lid on the residential freehold racket

By Sebastian O’Kelly On Monday (November 19 2018), MPs of the Communities Select Committee at last flushed out the developers and ground rent speculators who profit from turning ordinary families’ homes into long term investment assets. A murky sector that habitually hides behinds the courts, lawyers, lobbyists and trade bodies finally had to justify its … Continue reading Communities Select Committee lifts the lid on the residential freehold racket