Number of leasehold new-builds booming

Ahead of the Government crackdown on unfair ground rent increases, the number of houses sold under leasehold agreements soared last year, according to analysis of Land Registry data by the ONS, which shows that 15.6% of new build houses were sold as leaseholds in 2017. The figures show that London has seen the biggest rise in new-build leasehold houses for any region in England and Wales since 2012, followed by the North West

The Daily Telegraph (02/04/2018)