freeholder

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The bill would also ban the sale of new leasehold flats and cap ground rents - an annual fee leaseholders must pay to their freeholder - at £250 a year.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

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

Kate feared her home was going to collapse and warned the freeholder.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

It does not matter whether he worked as a wage earner, tenant or freeholder, in the end the result would be the same.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson