The ABC of title registers
If you've not seen an HM Land Registry title register before, you may wonder what it's all about. As Frank Ramsay learns, you need to know your ABC.
Buying and selling property
Why HM Land Registry wants to achieve comprehensive registration
Deputy Director for Comprehensive Registration at HM Land Registry, Maggie Telfer, explains the benefits of comprehensive registration and how it will make buying and selling homes easier.
Drawing the line on boundaries
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Buying and selling property, Law and practice
Our Customer Policy Manager, Adam Hookway, shares the main questions he's asked about boundaries and why they tend to be some of the hardest to answer.
Where are my title deeds, and do I need them?
When customers ask us for title deeds, they’re often disappointed to learn that we don't have the originals. Find out what they are, where they might be kept, and whether you need them.
What to do when a property owner dies
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Buying and selling property, Law and practice
Adam Hookway, Customer Policy Manager, talks about some of the main issues that arise when a property owner dies.
Searching for the owner of unregistered land
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Adam Hookway, Customer Policy Manager, Posted on:
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Buying and selling property, Law and practice
In England and Wales, all land is owned by somebody. But how can you find out who owns a piece of land or property that isn't registered with us?
How old is my house?
People sometimes ask us "How old is my house?", because they need this information to take out building insurance. Here are some things you can do to explore the age of a property.
Opening our conveyancer data
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Buying and selling property, Data
Our Head of Customer Policy, Andrew Robertson, sets out how and why we are looking at opening up our conveyancer data.
Becoming the world’s leading land registry
Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar, Graham Farrant, explains how our new Business Strategy sets the direction we will take over the next five years to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.
Our UK HPI changes: greater accuracy, fewer revisions
In this guest blog, Rhys Lewis from the Office for National Statistics explains why there are revisions to UK House Price Index data and what's being done to make provisional estimates more accurate.