Melissa York

In Notting Hill a serene garden square reveals a startling trend: most houses stand empty. Is it tax changes, market timing or something more sinister? Me and @davidbyers26 look into why so many big houses in London are not lived in. It’s FREE TO READ 🎉 https://t.co/3XEjEGWvLU

RT @davidbyers26: The Times and Sunday Times paywall is down - so why not read a new investigation by @melyork and me on why luxury London…

RT @FreeLeasehlders: COMMONHOLD FOR THE MANY, NOT JUST THE NEW ✍️ We’re in @thetimes today. @UKLabour mustn’t sacrifice existing leaseho…

I'm writing about the future of Right to Buy for the Sunday Times. Does anyone follow me on here who has used the scheme to buy their council home who would be willing to chat about it? #journorequest

As the government proposes banning the sale of new leasehold flats, a class action lawsuit suggests owners may be owed millions in compensation. Very well done by @jameshurley https://t.co/qtwC2D6SHp

Here's everything we know following yesterday's commonhold white paper. It'll be great to see a reinvigorated legal framework for commonhold but there is still a question mark over where this leaves existing leaseholders https://t.co/FHbIkHvmr4

Service charges, cladding issues and neighbour battles have contributed to the market for apartment living flatlining https://t.co/FfBjaIzj1B

I went to Liverpool to see how the city's historic docks are being re-developed. In the autumn budget, the chancellor Rachel Reeves announced she was granting £56million via Homes England, to speed up development there https://t.co/wyMLm3U28s

Great piece from @davidbyers26 showing how local animosity towards development grows when you keep people in the dark about it https://t.co/tlt3TXL1aC

RT @PeteApps: Southwark Council - London's largest council landlord - has 50% of its homes without smoke alarms and 2,000 fire remedial iss…

RT @LKPleasehold: .@FirstPortUK suspended from its own trade body @tpi_online That's one of the biggest leasehold managers with portfolio o…