LeaseIntel is a UK lease extension benchmarking platform. It helps leaseholders in England and Wales evaluate lease extension quotes using comparable First-tier Tribunal decisions, structured lease data and market evidence.
Most leaseholders only extend a lease once or twice in their lifetime. When a freeholder's quote lands, there is rarely an easy way to tell whether the number is reasonable. LeaseIntel exists to close that gap by benchmarking a proposed premium against the outcomes of comparable cases already decided by the tribunal.
Unlike a traditional lease extension calculator, LeaseIntel does not simply apply a valuation formula to a handful of inputs. It compares your situation against a structured database of real tribunal decisions and market evidence to provide an independent, evidence-based sense-check of the figure you have been offered.
Lease extension valuation is genuinely difficult. Two similar flats on the same street can attract very different premiums depending on how a small set of interacting factors are treated. These typically include:
LeaseIntel was created to make these comparisons easier. By structuring the outcomes of thousands of published tribunal decisions, it becomes possible to see how similar cases have actually been decided — and to put a specific quote into that context.
LeaseIntel combines four inputs to produce a benchmark:
The value comes from analysing and comparing similar situations rather than performing a formal valuation. A benchmark shows where a proposed premium sits relative to comparable decided cases; it does not replace a professional valuation of the specific property.
Leaseholders considering a statutory lease extension
Understanding likely premium ranges before serving a Section 42 notice.
Leaseholders reviewing an informal offer
Sense-checking a freeholder's quote before agreeing terms.
Homeowners preparing for negotiations
Going into discussions with an evidence base rather than a hunch.
Surveyors seeking additional benchmarking
Cross-referencing valuations against comparable tribunal outcomes.
Solicitors supporting lease extension matters
Providing clients with clear, evidence-based context around premiums.
Property professionals and researchers
Investigating lease extension premium trends across England & Wales.
Each report is designed to help the reader understand:
Reports are written to inform decisions, not to guarantee outcomes. Tribunal decisions reflect disputed cases and the specific facts before the tribunal on the day.
LeaseIntel parses published First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) decisions into structured records covering unexpired term at the valuation date, property value, ground rent profile, deferment and capitalisation rates, marriage value treatment and the final premium determined. Cases with the required data points are grouped by lease characteristics and region to identify comparable situations.
Results are presented as benchmarking information — typical ranges, medians and distributions — rather than as a valuation of any specific property.
LeaseIntel is an independent benchmarking platform. It is not:
Its role is to support better decision-making by making comparable evidence accessible and easy to interpret. Users making material financial decisions should obtain independent professional advice from a suitably qualified surveyor and solicitor.
LeaseIntel analyses published residential leasehold tribunal decisions collected from two public archives: the GOV.UK Residential Property Tribunal decisions collection and the historical Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) decisions archive. Together, these archives cover more than twenty years of First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and predecessor-body decisions relating to lease extensions in England and Wales.
Not every decision records every variable, so subsample sizes for individual analyses differ from the headline case count. A full list of archives, licence terms and the current status of each source is maintained on the Sources & attributions page.
LeaseIntel is an independent research service operated by Geoff Money Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of HM Courts & Tribunals Service, the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), GOV.UK or the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE). Its analysis is derived from published tribunal decisions and does not represent the views of those bodies.
Material sourced from the GOV.UK Residential Property Tribunal decisions collection is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. The applicable terms for material from other archives are identified separately.
LeaseIntel uses artificial intelligence to assist with document extraction and parts of generated report wording. AI outputs may contain errors or omit context, and the original documents remain authoritative. AI is not used to invent tribunal figures or case citations, and calculator and database statistics are derived from the underlying dataset rather than generated by AI.
To help leaseholders make better-informed lease extension decisions through objective, evidence-based benchmarking and analysis.
LeaseIntel is operated by Geoff Money Ltd.
Registered in England & Wales.
Company Number: 16677970
Contact: leaseintel@geoff.money