freeholder

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Andain's housing association told us that a managing agent, appointed by a freeholder, sets the service charge and it had challenged increases and requested justifications.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

There are around five million leasehold homes in England and Wales, where people own the right to occupy a property via lease for a limited number of years from a freeholder.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

A mother and her teenage son are facing a fourth Christmas of homelessness after building contractors, working for the freeholder at their block of flats, left their home uninhabitable.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Their barrister argued that although Magnitude was the legal freeholder, Mr Raza had exercised significant financial control.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

By the side of the freeholder recognised by later law there stands the villain as a customary freeholder who has lost legal protection.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul