jo darbyshire is one of those who got in touch with us. i bought my house in december, 2010. gone up from the £5,000 we were verbally told by the salesperson to almost ten times that. such a familiar story from jo that's affected a lot of new too. —— a lot of you too. today the law commission, which advises the government on legal issues, is proposing changes to make it easier and cheaper for people likejo to get her hands on the freehold. so will it make a difference? beth rudolf is director at the conveyancing association and joins me now. how common is what we heard from jo? sadly it's becoming more common. we are seeing that whereas there's about 25% of houses registered as leasehold... sorry, not houses, but all properties, actually the number being transacted is increasing and this is because more and more developers have been creating leaseholds. as you said, that makes senseif leaseholds. as you said, that makes sense if you have a flat and a shared amenity, but we're hearing there's more and more leasehold houses. is this because the developers said this is a great w