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How we're modernising our digital services to deliver faster land registration

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How we're modernising our digital services to deliver faster land registration

We passed our target for reducing the age of our oldest cases. To go further, we're accelerating our digital transformation to give customers faster, more efficient services whilst reducing the age of unprocessed applications. 

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Drawing the line on boundaries

Posted by: Adam Hookway, Customer Policy Manager, Posted on: 27 February 2018 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Law and practice
Suburban fence panels have fallen down, making the boundary unclear.

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.

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How artificial intelligence makes good property management even better

Posted by: Tom Shrives, Posted on: 21 February 2018 - Categories: Data

...from other applications, AskPorter is a multi-channel communications platform with an open Application Programming Interface (API), designed to connect with other applications and provide a single user-friendly interface. On top...

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Where are my title deeds, and do I need them?

Posted by: Frank Ramsay, Posted on: 19 February 2018 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Law and practice
Title deeds

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.

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Using GOV.UK Verify for the first digital mortgage

Posted by: Shaun Ewings, Posted on: 15 February 2018 - Categories: Digital services

...(the document that promises the repayment), the borrower signs the deed online, and the conveyancer makes the deed effective on completion of the transaction. In reality, there are complex layers...

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What to do when a property owner dies

Posted by: Adam Hookway, Customer Policy Manager, Posted on: 13 February 2018 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Law and practice
Flowers at a gravestone

Adam Hookway, Customer Policy Manager, talks about some of the main issues that arise when a property owner dies.

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Flexible digital services, fit for the future

Posted by: John Abbott, Posted on: 7 February 2018 - Categories: Digital services
HM Land Registry - Working today on a digital tomorrow

...the current projects we’re working on, the services they will produce, and how these are already affecting that future. Digital Street I spoke about Digital Street in my last post....

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Searching for the owner of unregistered land

Posted by: Adam Hookway, Customer Policy Manager, Posted on: 5 February 2018 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Law and practice
Overgrown land; is it registered?

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?

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How old is my house?

Posted by: Frank Ramsay, Posted on: 26 January 2018 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Historic
Row of houses, varying in age.

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.

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Opening our conveyancer data

Posted by: Andrew Robertson, Head of Customer Policy and Service Improvement, Posted on: 28 December 2017 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Data
New housing estate

Our Head of Customer Policy, Andrew Robertson, sets out how and why we are looking at opening up our conveyancer data.

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World-leading through digital transformation

Posted by: John Abbott, Posted on: 18 December 2017 - Categories: Digital services
Streets on a mobile phone

...whilst enhancing the integrity and security of our register against threats from cyber-attacks and digital fraud. cigdem/Shutterstock.com Digital Street Digital Street is one of our key projects, and vital to...

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