freeholder

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It says it's "expected to be available in 2029"- which means, from that date, flat owners will purchase their home and the building and land beneath it, rather than it being owned by a freeholder.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

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

It includes capping ground rents - an annual fee leaseholders must pay to their freeholder - at £250 a year.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, a freeholder can charge for ground rent and service fees.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

Franklin, frangk′lin, n. an old English freeholder, free from feudal servitude to a subject-superior.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various