{
  "id": 11933892,
  "title": "How freeholders and agents are using secret commissions and kickbacks to make money from leaseholders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/how-freeholders-and-agents-are-using-secret-commissions-and-kickbacks",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-04T10:45:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-15965155/How-freeholders-agents-using-secret-commissions-kickbacks-make-money-leaseholders.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to industry insiders, leaseholders could be paying hundreds more on their service charges as a result of the hidden financial arrangements.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}