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Originally Posted by glatt
I thought England had some sort of weird real estate deal where you just leased from the Queen for a certain number of years when you bought a place. And the number of years remaining on the lease was always mentioned in the ad. You can actually buy this place and own it? Forever?
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Originally Posted by limey
Not all of English property is leasehold.
Leasehold property is not always ultimately owned by the Queen - other rich folk can also own it.
You may be thinking of the feu system in Scotland. |
I just saw this graph comparing London in 1939 vs 2015.
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