Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75236

Freehold: Mortgages and Sales

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Mr 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

Matthew Pennycook

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...

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