freeholder

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Kate told us she wrote back to the new freeholder, Magnitude Developments Ltd, and its owner Ameen Raza, asking for clarity about the proposed works.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Kate feared her home was going to collapse and warned the freeholder.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

As the law currently stands, the freeholder of a property generally owns the building and the land beneath it, outright and forever.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The people had gathered there to get a look at the new freeholder and his family.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold