Valuing Properties with Short Leases, Escalating Ground Rents, and Cladding Issues: How UK Surveyors Balance Risk in 2026

Nearly one in five leasehold flats listed for sale in England currently carries at least one of three critical risk factors — a short lease, an onerous ground rent, or unresolved cladding defects. When all three converge on a single property, the valuation challenge becomes one of the most complex exercises a RICS-registered surveyor can […]









