Sajid Javid promises to liberate leaseholders from 'feudal practices'

Communities secretary says new rules will make extending or buying a freehold easier, cheaper and fasterLeaseholders are to be freed from “feudal practices” in the property market, according to the government minister responsible for housing, with new rules to make extending a lease or purchasing a freehold “much easier, faster and cheaper”.Sajid Javid, the communities secretary, also said the government would go ahead with a ban on leaseholds on new-build houses first an