But any sensible new administration must first carry out a land audit, give decent compensation, then arrange for leaseholds, management contracts, surety of tenure and individual title deeds across the land, including the communal areas.
White farmers will not return en masse, but some should be encouraged to come back and rebuild Zimbabwe's agriculture, the heart of its economy, with offers of leaseholds and management contracts.However shoddy the deal that has been done, Mr Tsvangirai can make a difference.
The review will also examine if a new independent regulatory body is needed - and if separate bodies should be established, for both leasehold and private rented management, and letting agents.
Large landlords entirely abandoned direct management of their estates in favour of a leasehold system.
Denuded woodlands (in forest reserves on customary, leasehold and private land) could be rehabilitated through secondary forest management systems.
The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act made it easier for residential leaseholders to buy their properties.
In some cases management companies will consider a change such as allowing the owner of a leasehold property to sublet, or letting an owner build a conservatory, but they will charge up to £300 in administration fees to consider an application.
Healey said: "Homeowners who own their home on a leasehold basis are currently unprotected from huge rises in rip-off ground rents from developers or management companies.
The estimated five million plus people who live in leasehold property want it, consumer campaigners want it, some developers want it and even most of the large property management companies want it.
One pattern has involved consolidation of mountain land leaseholds in the hands of a limited number of households with larger holdings, specializing in forestry and the management of orchards.
