Land Registry - no record of house sale

Loanranger

Are all house sales shown on the Land Registry website?

A house was sold at least a year ago but the sale has not been recorded by the Land Registry on their website.

Are there any reasons why this might happen?

Thanks for help, in advance.

moesasji

Sometimes using the search function is a good thing to do as this question has been asked and answered yesterday for example. For the answer, see https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3260982

Loanranger

No, that question yesterday is irrelevant. My question is a different. I saw that post and decided not to hijack that thread precisely because my question asks a different question.

moesasji

OK, I admit that the link was not pointing you to an answer.
The following one is more appropriate: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3257366 See the post by Spartacus123

ps) It still doesn't answer why a house that has sold a year ago doesn't appear. But the same question is in that topic as well without an answer.

G_M

Not all property sale prices are shown by the LR. Hence they do not show up on the various companies offering access to sale prices.

Loanranger

G_M wrote: »

Not all property sale prices are shown by the LR. Hence they do not show up on the various companies offering access to sale prices.

Thanks for this. Do you know why some sales are not shown by LR?

geoffky

Ours is still not showing after buying it 15 months ago...i wonder why?

G_M

Do you mean sales, or prices?
The sale should be shown (ie the Title should be registered in the new owner's name) unless for some reason the buyer/their solicitor failed to send the required documentation post Completion.

I believe prices of certain sale catagories (ie auction sales, repossessions) are excluded since they would alter the price index data - however I am not 100% certain of this.

silvercar

Do you mean that it is not showing on the sales data that some sites buy from the land registry eg houseprices.co.uk? Or do you mean that the land registry itself is saying that they don't have details of this most recent sale?

If the former, then it could be an excluded sale if it has been classified as a company purchase or a repo (rightly or wrongly) or just a data error. If it is the latter then you need to speak to the land registry and your solicitor and sort it out - it could be that the deeds haven't been registered in your name. This is an oversight that needs correcting urgently.

geoffky

I mean i can not find out from any of the listed sites that it has been sold...i have not checked the land registry as it costs £4 i think ..any ideas apart from the obvious one.. it was not a repo but i registered it in my wife's name for stamp duty reasons and i was later to be added as it was a cash sale.

G_M

Loanranger wrote: »

Are all house sales shown on the Land Registry website?

A house was sold at least a year ago but the sale has not been recorded by the Land Registry on their website.

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I mean i can not find out from any of the listed sites that it has been sold...i have not checked the land registry as it costs £4 i think .

Make up your mind! For the sake of £4 you don't know if the sale has been registered? Words fail me!

So which 'sale' are you concerned about? The repos sale to your wife, or the addition of your name?

As said above, repos prices are often not recorded, so the 'listed sites' won't show it. You name being added does not constitute a 'sale' so.....

Get out your debit card and check the LR!