In the UK, the leasehold problem is primarily around apartments and concerns about who is responsible for upkeep, with some landlords abusing the system to charge ridiculous fees to tenants, though leasehold is now a minority system with most homes being freehold.

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Michael Bird

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the UK has had a uh problem with leasehold recently. It's mostly around apartments, and it it gets into actually it's around thornier questions of who's responsible for the upkeep of the apartment

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How Land is the Lynchpin in the Global Banking Systems | Interview: Mike BirdThe Dispatch
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:18:57 AM

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