Diminishing returns

Cook, Lucian

Diminishing returns - 2009 - Estates Gazette (0925) 27 June 2009, 128-130(3) .

Discusses the pros and cons of leasehold enfranchisement in the light of current house price trends and enfranchisement costs. Uses a hypothetical case study based on "Earl Cadogan v Sportelli" [2007] EWCA Civ 1042 (L141130) to show the costs involved in the enfranchisement of a flat in London with an assumed freehold value of £500,000 subject to a long lease with 40 years remaining at ground rent of £100pa. Graphical representation of the enfranchisement costs verses uplift in value, prospective falls in leasehold values and top-down approach for this hypothetical property. See L147181 for previous article on enfranchisement mentioned.


EARL CADOGAN AND ANOTHER V SPORTELLI AND ANOTHER


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