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can i find the past owners of a house
smittenkitten
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Hi does anyone know if I can find out who owned a house before the people who own it now
Look forward to hearing any help
thanks:j
Look forward to hearing any help
thanks:j
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I thought past owners were listed on the Land Registry documents?
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Are you looking for people or houses?
On the deeds (at least the original written form) it says each owner and their mortgage company.
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If the title is registered then the Land Registry entries will only show the current owner(s).
However, it is possible thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, to ask the Land Registry to supply details of previous owners.
The relevant form is HC1 and you request on this copies of the register entries for all previous editions of the register. A new edition is made every time the property changes hands or is mortgaged.
You don't need copies of the title plan.
The Land Registry's website is https://www.landreg.gov.uk and you can download Word and pdf copies of the form by following the Forms link.
There is normally a charge of £4 for a copy of register entries but you may need to speak to the Land Registry to find out how to pay when you don't know how many editions of the register there are!
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