Freehold

Permanent and absolute ownership of land or buildings.

In some cases, the owner of a freehold (the freeholder) may choose to lease the property to a tenant.

See also

• Assets
• Contract
• Contract hire
• Contract purchase
• Dry
• Finance lease
• FLA
• Hire purchase
• Ijara
• Leasehold
• Lessee
• Lessor
• Operating lease
• Sale and leaseback
• Tenant
• Tenure
• Wet

Other links

• Students: A lesson on leases, The Treasurer, April 2013