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Making home buying and selling faster with upfront data 

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Making home buying and selling faster with upfront data 

Home Sale Pack joined the Geovation Accelerator Programme in 2024. The programme, backed by HM Land Registry and Ordnance Survey, provides start-ups with grant funding and 12 months of support, encouraging the innovative use of our data to benefit the property market, society and the economy.  

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Me and my DRAGON

Posted by: Wendy Hayton, Posted on: 22 September 2016 - Categories: Working at HM Land Registry
Wendy Hayton sitting at a computer screen displaying DRAGON software, with a cartoon dragon superimposed.

...a superuser or a champion (or should that be super DRAGON champion). At the start of my DRAGON journey, I didn't ever think we would get this far. "Window" and...

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Lease extensions: how to avoid the most common issues

Posted by: Jodie Cuff, Communications Officer, Posted on: 6 September 2016 - Categories: Law and practice
Document stamped with the word 'Approved'.

Here are some of the most frequently encountered issues we have with lease extensions which cause us to raise requisitions, with tips on how to avoid them.

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A Land Registry lawyer on the Somme

Posted by: Peter Mayer, Posted on: 18 August 2016 - Categories: Historic
A sculpture of a British infantryman with rifle in hand.

...autumn. On 23 July Captain Lewis' battalion supported the Oxford regiment in taking German trenches at Pozieres under shell fire. Of the 650 who went into battle the battalion lost...

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Legal estates and beneficial interests: what's the difference?

Posted by: Hayley Parfitt, Posted on: 16 August 2016 - Categories: Law and practice
A pattern of fields in contrasting colours.

Customers frequently ask us about the difference between the legal estate and the beneficial interests in land. Assistant Land Registrar Hayley Parfitt provides an overview of the distinction between the two.

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Casework, Taekwondo, a book and 3 cats

Posted by: Kirsty Owen, Posted on: 9 August 2016 - Categories: Working at HM Land Registry
Kirsty Owen in a Taekwondo class.

...the push I needed to join the network. I haven’t looked back since. The network is so good at supporting its staff and is great at providing inspiration and encouragement...

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Looking forward to the first truly digital mortgage

Posted by: Shaun Ewings, Posted on: 8 August 2016 - Categories: Digital services
A house with a padlock superimposed and background of computer codes.

...provide us with an appropriate level of ID assurance before the borrower digitally signs their mortgage deed. We’re now getting close to the point where we will have developed all...

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What's it like to work in the recruitment team?

Posted by: Karen Harvey, HR Resourcing Team Manager, Posted on: 4 August 2016 - Categories: Working at HM Land Registry
Members of the HR Resourcing Team.

...to admit, coming from the private sector recruitment industry to the Civil Service was a bit of a shock! It took some getting used to as recruitment moved at a...

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I’m the config troll

Posted by: Chris Beynon, Posted on: 20 July 2016 - Categories: Working at HM Land Registry
A colourful toy troll.

...don’t feel able to stand up for themselves. It’s sometimes hard to take on the company you work for, who have the ability to sack you if you become too...

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Simply the best

Posted by: Emma Sibson, Posted on: 13 July 2016 - Categories: Working at HM Land Registry

...the business who either have a disability themselves or care for someone with a disability and we work to promote disability awareness and tackle issues relating to disability. The DEN...

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A bit about me: LGBT

Posted by: John Calvert, Posted on: 6 July 2016 - Categories: Working at HM Land Registry
John Calvert showing the LGBT&Allies Network's calling cards.

...diversity and inclusion. Don’t get me wrong, there have been considerable barriers, thankfully historical, to overcome, not only in persuading some senior staff of the value of some of our...

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