Freehold: Mortgages and Sales
Commons · Question 75236 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the requirement for leaseholders to require a landlord certificate from freeholders when (a) remortgaging and (
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 12 Sep 2025
A landlord certificate demonstrates, among other things, whether a leaseholder is exempt from paying for all costs associated with non-cladding defects. As such, the majority of leaseholders (defined as qualifying under the Building Safety Act) and potent...