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Reviewed sector updates

What changed, when and where to check it.

This page points to official statistics, government guidance and independent public guidance relevant to leaseholders and shared buildings.

Current register

Three source-checked updates.

Last editorial review: 21 August 2026.

Independent public guidance

LEASE launches a combined lease-length and extension-cost tool

LEASE has launched a free online tool for leaseholders in England and Wales to check time remaining, estimate extension costs and understand possible next steps.

  • Lease extensions
  • Lease length
Leasehold Advisory ServiceReviewed 21 August 2026Open the source
Official statistics

Official statistics put England's leasehold stock at an estimated 4.90 million dwellings

The 2024 to 2025 release estimates that leasehold dwellings represent 20% of England's housing stock and adds analysis of time remaining on registered leases.

  • Market evidence
  • Lease length
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentReviewed 21 August 2026Open the source
Official guidance

Government publishes a leasehold toolkit for England

The toolkit summarises the leasehold landscape, changes already in effect and future reforms under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and draft reform proposals.

  • Leasehold reform
  • Current and future law
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentReviewed 21 August 2026Open the source

The boundary

News is not the governing source.

For a live question, check the executed lease, the provision in force on the relevant date, the building facts and any professional judgment the decision needs. A future reform is not current law until the applicable provisions are in force.