{
  "id": 19306081,
  "title": "Our flats' service charge is rising to £2,500 per year - should we buy the freehold to take control?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/our-flats-service-charge-is-rising-to-2-500-per-year-should-we-buy",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-10T07:36:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-16268783/Our-flats-service-charge-rising-2-500-year-buy-freehold-control.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I moved into my leasehold flat in February 2026. Now I face paying £2,500 a year for the service charge and the freeholder wants to sell his interest in the property at auction.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}