Leasehold, freehold, and feudal tenure are all separate things. You can have leaseholds in Scotland, but it is not that common. Leaseholds are much more common

Leasehold, freehold, and feudal tenure are all separate things. You can have leaseholds in Scotland, but it is not that common. Leaseholds are much more common in England. Leasehold is something that has been in the news lately. Leasehold is a legal apparatus that makes some types of property management work, somewhat akin to stratifying a property in American and Canadian terms. Freeholders owns the underlying land, with the leaseholder owning a right of access of sorts. Freeholders generally charge the leaseholders service charges, but like anything, this can and has been abused. Like the current controversy with Leaseholds being sold to unsuspecting home buyers.