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Could leasehold reforms raise house prices?

Plans to limit the creation of new leaseholds, as well as to cap ground rents, are unlikely to raise newbuild house prices. Meanwhile, developers could see a small hit to their margins, at least in the short run. But we doubt that the rate of housebuilding will fall in response.

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