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More HM Land Registry customers are saving time and money with right-first-time applications

More HM Land Registry customers are saving time and money with right-first-time applications

Application quality is increasing, but we still have work to do. Look out for your email with details of your avoidable requisitions score.

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My sense of pride, 50 years after Stonewall

Posted by: Rory Nicholls, Posted on: 28 June 2019 - Categories: Working at HM Land Registry
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The Stonewall riots in 1969 were a landmark in the civil rights movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Rory Nicholls explains what Stonewall means to him and why he's proud to represent HM Land Registry.

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Working together to produce a user-friendly Local Land Charges Register

Posted by: Paul Albone, Chief Operating Officer, tmgroup, Posted on: 6 June 2019 - Categories: Local Land Charges
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The success of HM Land Registry’s digital Local Land Charges Register has depended on working with users of the new service. Paul Albone, tmgroup’s Chief Operating Officer, writes about the benefits of this collaboration.

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Shellfire over Sword Beach: HM Land Registry staff on D-Day, 6 June 1944

Posted by: Peter Mayer, Posted on: 6 June 2019 - Categories: Historic
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Two young men from HM Land Registry were among the British troops who landed in Normandy on D-Day 75 years ago today. Our amateur historian Peter Mayer tells their stories.

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How our award-winning system is speeding up casework

Posted by: Charlotte Fretwell, Senior Product Manager, Posted on: 4 June 2019 - Categories: Digital services, Working at HM Land Registry
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Our Workflow system helps manage the 20,000 applications we receive each day. Charlotte Fretwell explains its transformational impact, now recognised by an award from our IT industry peers.

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Registering land for more than 150 years

Posted by: Maggie Telfer, Posted on: 30 May 2019 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Historic
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Maggie Telfer talks about the history of the Land Register and how HM Land Registry is working towards comprehensive registration by 2030.

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Could blockchain be the future of the property market?

Posted by: Lauren Tombs, Posted on: 24 May 2019 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Digital services
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Blockchain technology could speed up property transactions and make them more trustworthy, secure and transparent, says Lauren Tombs of our Digital Street project.

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There’s growing interest in digital mortgages

Posted by: Eddie Davies, Deputy Director – Digital Services (Head of Product), Posted on: 16 May 2019 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Digital services
A hand holds a mobile phone showing the Sign your mortgage deed service on its screen, with a coffee mug on the desk alongside.

One year on from the first digital mortgage being signed, Eddie Davies explains why more and more people are using our ‘Sign your mortgage deed’ service.

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Local Land Charges – collaborating to deliver a groundbreaking service

Posted by: Allison Bradbury, Head of Local Land Charges Programme, Posted on: 14 May 2019 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Local Land Charges
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Allison Bradbury, Head of the Local Land Charges Programme, talks about one of our critical partnerships that has helped deliver a groundbreaking service.

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Looking back on 2018/19

Posted by: Chris Pope, Chief Operations Officer, Posted on: 30 April 2019 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Data, Digital services
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Chris Pope reflects on 2018/19 and talks about how we're improving the processing of your applications, what we're doing to make it easier to work with us and how we're working to reduce requests for information (requisitions).

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Learning about my autism

Posted by: Rebecca King, Registration Officer, Posted on: 25 April 2019 - Categories: Working at HM Land Registry
A portrait of Rebecca King with a quote: "Autism in girls and women has become better understood. It’s often been misdiagnosed, meaning they have missed out on crucial understanding and support."

Rebecca shares her experience of working at HM Land Registry to show how autism can be different for girls.

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