freeholder

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

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

At the moment, the freeholder of a property generally owns the building and the land beneath it, outright and forever.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 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

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

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

It was then recorded that in this borough there were six houses and only one freeholder: Sir Mark Wood himself.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)