How SearchLand is using our data to help land developers
SearchLand's co-founders: Archie Kennedy-Dyson, Arthur Goodhart and Hugh Gibbs SearchLand was a part...
Handy new checklist for lease extensions (surrender and regrants)
Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com HM Land Registry has published a handy new checklist for use when hand...
Register of Overseas Entities: How it affects land transactions
The Economic Crime (Transparency & Enforcement) Act 2022 requires overseas entities that own or acqu...
How Skyroom is helping landowners deliver housing in London
A Skyroom development in Southwark, London. Artistic impression. Skyroom was a participant in the Ge...
Programme to help PropTech and geospatial start-ups wins award
I have been lucky enough to work on the Geovation Accelerator Programme since 2017 as part of HM Lan...
Digital applications – 6 months to go
Six months ago, we told customers we had a year to switch to digital applications. Now at the midway...
Spring 2022 portal changes: View Applications
View My Applications was launched within our customer portal in August 2020. This feature enables ou...
Pressing on with Local Land Charges delivery
Ant Clausen/Shutterstock.com Four years ago, the Local Land Charges Rules came into force providing ...
Progress on the Register of Overseas Entities
The new Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill received royal assent on 15 March and bec...
What’s in a name?
iChzigo/Shutterstock.com Every year, we send more than 200,000 requests for information (requisition...
Electronic signatures: our new practice guide and the future
Marko Aliaksandr/Shutterstock.com In August last year I wrote about the role of electronic signature...
What do we do with customer feedback?
IhorZigor/Shutterstock.com Our customers’ voices are heard clearly across HM Land Registry. They are...
We’re accelerating our move towards digital applications
Last year we announced that, from November 2022, most AP1 applications to change the register via ou...
Private sector collaboration helps Local Land Charges Programme delivery
everything possible/Shutterstock.com From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will...
View My Applications will soon include your colleagues’ work
insta_photos/Shutterstock.com From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will increa...
HM Land Registry fees are changing
anabaraulia/shutterstock.com From 00.01 am on Monday 31 January 2022, Scale 1 and Scale 2 land regis...
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...