freeholder

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The government has said it expects the limit on ground rents - an annual fee paid by leaseholders to their freeholder - to come into force in late 2028.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Under the leasehold system, people own the right to occupy a property via a lease for a limited number of years from a freeholder.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Justin Madders told the BBC Labour must stick to its pledge to cap ground rents - an annual fee leaseholders must pay to their freeholder.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

The isolated townships constituted little commonwealths, with governments of their own, every inhabitant and freeholder having liberty to vote in the town-meetings, and the three or five selectmen being invested with the chief authority.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)