freeholder

Example Sentences

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Andain's housing association told us that a managing agent, appointed by a freeholder, sets the service charge and it had challenged increases and requested justifications.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

At the moment, the freeholder of a property generally owns the building and the land beneath it, outright and forever.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

There are around five million leasehold homes in England and Wales, where people own the right to occupy a property via lease for a limited number of years from a freeholder.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Their barrister argued that although Magnitude was the legal freeholder, Mr Raza had exercised significant financial control.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Hansei's happiness is complete, and he never mentions the boy except as "the young freeholder."

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold