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does anybody know why.............?

maytaurus
maytaurus Posts: 2,115 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
does anybody know why a property that was sold in 2003 would not be showing on the land registry search?
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane[FONT=&quot] —[FONT=&quot] Marcus Aurelius[/FONT][/FONT]
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  • arealbasketcase
    arealbasketcase Posts: 366 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Compulsory registration didn't take effect until October 2003:

    http://www.landregistry.co.uk/legislation/

    Only a suggestion :confused: , the legal eagles will be along soon.
    If anything I say starts to make sense, PANIC!
  • m00m00
    m00m00 Posts: 1,755 Forumite
    also if it was a distressed sale (ie repossession) it will not show regardless of the sale date
    It's a health benefit ...
  • maytaurus
    maytaurus Posts: 2,115 Forumite
    THANKS FOR YOUR INFO
    The sale was just an ordinary one
    The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane[FONT=&quot] —[FONT=&quot] Marcus Aurelius[/FONT][/FONT]
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    why are repossessions treated in a different way to other property sales ? they still have to be registered with the land registry
  • barnaby-bear
    barnaby-bear Posts: 4,142 Forumite
    maytaurus wrote: »
    does anybody know why a property that was sold in 2003 would not be showing on the land registry search?
    It usually covers residential sales some people hold property within a company (quite a lot of BTLers or flippers do this) - business holdings held on different register....
  • barnaby-bear
    barnaby-bear Posts: 4,142 Forumite
    clutton wrote: »
    why are repossessions treated in a different way to other property sales ? they still have to be registered with the land registry
    Sale may be held on a commercial rather than residential register as being sold by a company...
  • barnaby-bear
    barnaby-bear Posts: 4,142 Forumite
    maytaurus wrote: »
    THANKS FOR YOUR INFO
    The sale was just an ordinary one
    Maybe a data entry error so digit or postcode mis-entered?

    Can get weird status for sales where say two sisters inherit from a parent and one buys the other out... kind of partial sale...
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    is there a fee for inspecting the business register ?
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,948 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    From the landreg site you can follow the process to buy a copy of the deeds. Before you get to the pay now stage, it should tell you when they were last updated and if the price information is held.
    I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.
  • barnaby-bear
    barnaby-bear Posts: 4,142 Forumite
    clutton wrote: »
    is there a fee for inspecting the business register ?
    I'm not sure if you can - it's just the basic register that places like www.houseprices.co.uk buy and repackage... I knew a flipper who was quite careful to do the sale in a certain way because people aren't too keen to pay £100k for some magnolia paint....
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