Celebrating Geovation’s start-up successes – and seeking the next cohort
From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will increase. See Fees review 2021 to 20...
5 top tips to keep your property safe
Ivan Kruk/Shutterstock.com Combating fraud is a key priority for us at HM Land Registry. Over the pa...
Digital applications will be game-changing – for you and us
The pandemic has changed the way we work over the past 20 months, especially in the use of technolog...
Simplifying conveyancing: making our digital channels easier to use
Maridav/Shutterstock.com Our absolute priority at HM Land Registry is to make our services faster fo...
Digital applications – making the future a reality
Crane Hall and the Chantry near Ipswich was the first title registered in 1863 by its owner the MP S...
We’re Customer Support, but who are we?
The Customer Support Centre occupies a unique position in HM Land Registry, using insight and expert...
Containerisation in the public sector – a new platform to improve our services
adempercem/Shutterstock.com Here at HM Land Registry we’re constantly looking at ways to improve our...
Automation in land registration
Over the last 18 months we have introduced electronic signatures in land registration and published ...
What’s happening with electronic signatures in the property market?
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels One year ago, we took a revolutionary step that allows deeds si...
Making the Land Registry webinars accessible by default
I joined HM Land Registry as a Registration Officer in October 2016. I've since worked in a variety ...
Customers join new Business Gateway Community to have their say on development
Martial Red/Shutterstock.com On 12 May we launched the Business Gateway Community to an audience of ...
Time-saving tips to speed up your planning applications
OoddySmile Studio/Shutterstock.com We know that delays cause frustrations for everyone. In order to ...
In-form-ed consent
The story: You’ve been working for months on a deal that required the cooperation of the seller’s ex...
Complex and challenging: why land registration takes time to master
At HM Land Registry, we regularly consult with our customers and know what they value most: our expe...
Digital land registration – a vision for the future of digital conveyancing
The pace of digital change within our society is accelerating, as government, companies and organisa...
Increasing our pace from the start
The Early Engagement Team in a meeting Engaging with local authorities The Local Land Charges (LLC) ...
How can I remortgage online?
Our digital mortgage service Sign your mortgage deed is a simple way to sign remortgage deeds online...
My pride in our big family community
In what has been a testing year for colleagues, this June HM Land Registry is celebrating Pride mont...
An employer that cares for its carers is one I care about
Did you know that every day in the UK another 6,000 people take on a caring responsibility? That’s e...
A year in the life of Local Land Charges
It has been a year since I was asked to lead HM Land Registry’s Local Land Charges Programme. This g...
Balancing my faith and work
My name is Aishah and, after graduating from university, I joined HM Land Registry in January 2021 a...
Why work for HM Land Registry?
Some people are lucky. They’ve always known they want to be a rocket scientist, marine biologist, br...
Setting the standards for identity
Trismegist san/Shutterstock.com The impact of the public health guidelines and subsequent rise of re...
How do you solve a problem like requisitions?
atm2003/Shutterstock.com Every day HM Land Registry receives around 18,000 applications to update th...
Where is my HM Land Registry application?
Lina_Lisichka/Shutterstock For most of us, buying or selling a home is one of the biggest transactio...
Who owns that property?
“Who owns that property?” – something we’ve all said in the past, but did you know how easy it is to...
Why you should be part of our Digital, Data and Technology Directorate
mrmohock/Shutterstock.com 1. Our infrastructure drives economic growth ZGPhotography/Shutterstock.co...
How the Local Land Charges Advisory Board is improving our service
HM Land Registry’s Local Land Charges (LLC) Programme is transforming 314 local authority LLC regist...
Security, speed, affordability: the benefits of lodging certified copies with first registrations
ashadhodhomei/Shutterstock.com Four years ago I provided some top tips on how to overcome the teethi...
On track to data migration: how Stockton rose to the local land charges challenge
bjonesphotography/Shutterstock.com Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is proud to be the first local a...