Boundaries: facts, myths and how to avoid a costly dispute
This guide explains common boundary myths, what HM Land Registry records can and cannot tell you, and where to get help if you are involved in a boundary dispute.
What owning land or property near a public highway can mean
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Joel Roberts, Practice Adviser, Customer Engagement and Development, Posted on:
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Law and practice
This guide explains how public highways can affect property boundaries, ownership and responsibility for land.
Helping buyers and homeowners understand a property’s planning potential
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Ewa Moskwiak, Founder of PlanningHub, Posted on:
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Buying and selling property, Digital services
Understanding a property's planning potential can help you make informed decisions. In this guest blog, PlanningHub founder Ewa Moskwiak explains what planning potential is.
Help shape our new contractual control service
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Rick Bigwood, Senior User Researcher, Posted on:
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Customer research, Digital services
HM Land Registry is developing a new service for recording and submitting contractual control information. Join our upcoming private beta to help ensure the service works effectively for legal professionals.
Family trusts and your home: what you need to know
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Kathryn Davies, Deputy Director of Legal Operations, Posted on:
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Law and practice
Thinking of setting up a family trust? Read our guide to understand the potential impact on land registration before making any decisions.
Helping estate agents get ahead
Kotini develops software for UK estate agents, helping them to streamline the customer onboarding process. Kotini joined the Geovation Accelerator Programme in 2023.
Reducing requisitions: building a culture of excellence at Attwells
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Alison Pendlebury | Customer Engagement and Development, Posted on:
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Law and practice
How Attwells solicitors reduced avoidable requisitions through leadership, culture change and smart use of HM Land Registry resources.
A new avoidable requisitions dataset is now available
Helping firms spot common issues, making it easy to understand where delays are happening and focus on practical improvements.
Protecting property rights: how HM Land Registry works with customers and regulators to improve conveyancing
By working together, we can safeguard the nation’s property rights and ensure that property transactions – and access to property information – remain safe, reliable and efficient for everyone.
Avoidable requisitions are falling: let’s keep it up
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Andrew Robertson, Head of Customer Policy, Posted on:
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Buying and selling property, Digital services, Law and practice
Avoidable requisitions are falling: What the latest data shows, what’s changing in the next dataset and where to find support.