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What kind of joint ownership do I have?

Posted by: Tracy Huitson, Change Manager, Customer Support Centre, Posted on: 2 November 2022 - Categories: Buying and selling property

People often call us to ask about joint ownership and whether they own their property as a ‘joint tenant’ or ‘tenant in common’. Here's how you can try to find out.

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Where is my HM Land Registry application?

Posted by: Andrew Robertson, Head of Customer Policy and Service Improvement, Posted on: 19 February 2021 - Categories: Buying and selling property

We’ve made it easier to see the status of your application and ask for urgent applications to be fast tracked.

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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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Our 10 most-read blog posts of 2018

Posted by: Neil Johnson, Posted on: 31 December 2018 - Categories: Buying and selling property
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It’s been another important year for HM Land Registry and we're glad to see that so many of you are following our work on our blog. As the year comes to a close we look back on the most-read posts of 2018.

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The ABC of title registers

Posted by: Frank Ramsay, Posted on: 10 May 2018 - Categories: Buying and selling property
The ABC of title registers

...playing fields, foreshore, and some parts of the seabed. We recently created our 25 millionth title register, an electricity substation in Gateshead. When my sister-in-law was considering buying a house,...

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Will the real land registry please stand up?

Posted by: Frank Ramsay, Posted on: 27 July 2017 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Digital services
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...that there are several private companies who re-sell our information for significantly higher prices. We often get contacted by people who have bought a title register or title plan from...

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How we recover indemnity payments in fraud cases

Posted by: John Pownall, Posted on: 6 February 2017 - Categories: Law and practice
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John Pownall, Head of Guarantee and Litigation Group, explains how we try to recover indemnity payments made in cases of fraud and forgery.

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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
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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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