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Working together to improve application quality
I am Duncan Chittenden, Head of Customer Engagement in HM Land Registry’s Customer Engagement and Policy team. My team and I have been working with customers to improve the quality of the applications...
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Where are my title deeds, and do I need them?
Before I worked here, I wondered if HM Land Registry was full of clerical staff pushing piles of paperwork around, like a scene from Terry Gilliam’s ‘Brazil’. I was happy to discover that HM Land...
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Why HM Land Registry wants to achieve comprehensive registration
As the Deputy Director for Comprehensive Registration at HM Land Registry, I’m overseeing our goal to achieve as close to 100% land registration as possible. As of April 2018, over 85%* of the land...
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The ABC of title registers
I previously wrote about how HM Land Registry doesn't hold traditional paper title deeds. When someone registers their property with us for the first time, we create a "title register" that becomes the...
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Working with the public sector to achieve comprehensive registration
In her blog in April 2018, Maggie Telfer, Deputy Director for Comprehensive Registration, outlined HM Land Registry’s strategic aims to achieve the registration of all freehold land by 2030. The blog...
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Registering land for more than 150 years
K303/Shutterstock.com “An ungodly jumble.” This is how Oliver Cromwell described English land law back in the 17th century and for the last 157 years it has been the responsibility of HM Land Registry...
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The quirkiest thing I’ve ever registered
As a caseworker in a first registration team, I help to register property and land on a daily basis. Registration is important as it ensures the owners have proof of ownership and it helps protect...
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Security, speed, affordability: the benefits of lodging certified copies with...
ashadhodhomei/Shutterstock.com Four years ago I provided some top tips on how to overcome the teething problems involved in applying our change in practice on sending certified copies of deeds for...
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HM Land Registry fees are changing
anabaraulia/shutterstock.com From 00.01 am on Monday 31 January 2022, Scale 1 and Scale 2 land registration fees will increase for the first time since 2009. Applications for first registration and for...
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‘Front-loaded’ support for complex applications
Baloncici/Shutterstock.com HM Land Registry can provide supportive pre-submission guidance to help ensure complex applications can be processed more efficiently. We have now brought our five free...
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