House sale missing from public price data?

Moneyer

We bought our house in Jan 2011, but just noticed that the transaction isn't showing in the land registry's public sale price data (as used by Rightmove, Zoopla et al when you look up the address). The house is listed there, but with last sale in 2005. Our ownership has certainly been properly registered, as we've had reason to view the register since. And more recent sales in the same street are showing, so I guess it can't still be pending. Are there reasons some sales are omitted from the data? Any other theories?!

G_M

What is not published in price paid data?

The Price Paid Data excludes:

• property transactions that have not been lodged at Land Registry
• all property transactions which involve:
  • a corporate body
  • company
  • business
• any residential property sales that may not have been for full market value, for example:
  • sale of part of the property or a share of a property
  • sale of a property at a discount, including right to buy properties
  • sale of repossessed properties
  • sale subject to an existing mortgage
  • transfers following divorce or by way of gift or exchange
  • transfers under Compulsory Purchase Order or by Court Order
  • transfer of more than one property as part of a portfolio
  • leases for 7 years or less.

http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/market-trend-data/public-data/price-paid-faq#m16

westcountry_saver

That happened to us with a flat we bought. I emailed and told them and a week later it was there.

horseykitty

As long as it's been properly registered with the Land Registry I can't see that it's a problem it's not showing up on sites like Zoopla etc.

I know this facility is useful if you are a buying a house to see what a house has previously sold for, or what neighbouring houses have sold for. However, lots of people just use it to be nosy about their neighbours - I don't want them to know, so I personally would prefer it not to be information in the public domain.

G_M

See post 2 for the LR list of properties where £ is not shown!

Ivana_Tinkle

There's loads missing from those websites. My current house isn't on there (despite not falling into any of those categories), and a flat I sold a few years ago isn't either (ditto). I reckon over the years at least one property in three I've wanted to be nosey about has never turned up.