freeholder
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Under the leasehold system, the freeholder appoints a managing agent to maintain and service the common parts of a building.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Leaseholders are also legally obliged to pay ground rent - a fee paid for the land beneath their building - to the freeholder.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Converting a block to commonhold means transferring ownership from the freeholder to the residents, and how existing freeholders should be compensated is disputed.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
Sorehon, sōr′hon, n. an ancient Irish exaction of a lord from a freeholder or tenant.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
