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inflatableDodo on April 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Po...

In towns and cities you often cannot buy a freehold. Is all 100 year leases. The land is rarely up for grabs compared to the countryside.

switch007 on April 21, 2019 [–]

> In towns and cities you often cannot buy a freehold. Is all 100 year leases.

Are you talking about England?

I'd bet quite heavily that in every city in England outside of London 99% of people would have no trouble finding an adequate freehold home

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