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Ideas Farm: Freeheld to ransom

It turns out the returns of one asset class are court-appointed
December 8, 2022
  • Lessons from a failed enfranchisement
  • (Note to self: avoid leaseholds in future)
  • Lots of idea generating content…

There may be no such thing as a free lunch in investing. But in the UK’s arcane property system, I have found something close.

Three months ago, the landlords in my 12-flat building received a letter informing us that the freeholder was about to sell up. By law, they were obliged to give us right of refusal, at the same price.

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