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McCarthy & Stone faces ground rents challenge

Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone’s (MCS) upcoming first half trading update on 6 March is likely to be overshadowed by the impact of changes to the rules surrounding ground rents.
The company says it should be exempt from a proposed reduction in ground rents to zero as it does not employ the rapidly increasing rents targeted by the new policy.