I am grateful that the hon. Gentleman has brought this subject up. My calculation is that if a £250,000 house has a £250 ground rent that doubles every 10 years, over 60 years the successive leaseholders will have paid £157,500. For that still to be 1% of the value, the house will have to be worth £80 million; that is in the first 60 years of a lease.
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Bottomley
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 20 December 2016.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform.
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