Sebastian O'Kelly

By Dr Alexander Hamilton Dr. Alexander Hamilton is an economic adviser and development economist at the UK’s FCDO, where he specialises in the economies of the Middle East and North Africa. He writes on the economics of leasehold in a private capacity. The views in this article are his own, and do not necessarily reflect …

St George's Square leaseholders led by Liam Spender have won their Court of Appeal challenge to a leased £500k door entry system fitted in the year 2000.

Matthew Pennycook is a details driven minister who actually understands the leasehold system and wants to change it. He needs to have backing higher up the system.

ARC Time Freehold Fund stung with £31,000 costs bill following failed appeal at St David's Square, led by Liam Spender

The £250 ground rent cap, enfranchisement, right to manage and re-energised commonhold mean it will ‘wither on the vine'

In the evidence session to the Housing and Communities Select Committee, I told MPs on March 17 that leasehold reform is a battle for control of people's homes, writes Sebastian O'Kelly . You can read that Q171 here

Matthew Pennycook, housing minister, speaking to Nehal Davison, of the Institute for Government yesterday. The speech was welcome, and would have been even more so 18 months ago.

By Alexander Hamilton Dr. Alexander Hamilton is an economic adviser and development economist at the UK’s FCDO, where he specialises in the economies of the Middle East and North Africa. He writes on the economics of leasehold in a private capacity. The views in this article are his own, and do not necessarily reflect those …

As MPs debate leasehold reform this afternoon, the largely anonymous residential freehold investors in Justice for Property Rights – supposedly “retirees, small-scale

For far too long freeholders have got away with creating a house of cards of bogus value by rigging the leasehold enfranchisement process, writes Sebastian O'Kelly