Land Registry questions

ht0242

Hi

I'm hoping you can help me again with another matter. 

We are at the final stage of buying a house and selling ours (discussing exchange /completion dates) 

When we offered on the property we were made aware that the house had never been registered. We agreed we would take on 1st registration on completion, having seen the deeds etc. 

Yesterday our solicitor discovered that 1st registration was in progress (started March 2021? ). The sellers solicitors have been contacted and asked to expedite the 1st registration. 

Here are my questions. Is it possible to find out how far along is the registration , how long is it likely to take and finally is it possible to withdraw and start again once we have purchased? 

Any insight you can give, would be greatly appreciated. 

Many thanks. 

Land_Registry

ht0242 said:

Yesterday our solicitor discovered that 1st registration was in progress (started March 2021? ). The sellers solicitors have been contacted and asked to expedite the 1st registration. 

Here are my questions. Is it possible to find out how far along is the registration , how long is it likely to take and finally is it possible to withdraw and start again once we have purchased? 

Any insight you can give, would be greatly appreciated. 

Many thanks. 

Yes - either solicitor can check online for themselves. If it’s been expedited then it’s generally considered within 2 weeks 
Yes re withdrawal and relodge but why? If you are willing to do that then it’s usually a case of checking the deeds and doing a sub sale anyway 

ht0242

Land_Registry 

Yes - either solicitor can check online for themselves. If it’s been expedited then it’s generally considered within 2 weeks 
Yes re withdrawal and relodge but why? If you are willing to do that then it’s usually a case of checking the deeds and doing a sub sale anyway 

Thank you. 

I didn't mention in my initial post that there is a time constraint of 3 weeks to complete. 

I will discuss the option of a sub sale with my solicitor.
Many thanks 

village_saver

Good morning, 

I’m looking for some advice please - we are considering buying my brothers property which he owns outright. 

We will be cash buyers and won’t own any other property here. 

We won’t require the usual searches etc etc . 

Is it possible for us to deal with the transfer forms etc etc ourselves? 

Where do we stand regarding SDLT and to whom would we pay it ? 

Thanks

Land_Registry

village_saver said:

Good morning, 

I’m looking for some advice please - we are considering buying my brothers property which he owns outright. 

We will be cash buyers and won’t own any other property here. 

We won’t require the usual searches etc etc . 

Is it possible for us to deal with the transfer forms etc etc ourselves? 

Where do we stand regarding SDLT and to whom would we pay it ? 

Thanks

There’s no requirement to use a conveyancer so you can do it yourselves if you wish. We always recommend that you don’t as a conveyancer understands the process, forms, legal importance’s and more inc SDLT requirements 
https://www.gov.uk/registering-land-or-property-with-land-registry/transfer-ownership-of-your-property
Any Qs re SDLT and payment thereof should be addressed to HMRC 
https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax

village_saver

Land_Registry said:

village_saver said:

Good morning, 

I’m looking for some advice please - we are considering buying my brothers property which he owns outright. 

We will be cash buyers and won’t own any other property here. 

We won’t require the usual searches etc etc . 

Is it possible for us to deal with the transfer forms etc etc ourselves? 

Where do we stand regarding SDLT and to whom would we pay it ? 

Thanks

There’s no requirement to use a conveyancer so you can do it yourselves if you wish. We always recommend that you don’t as a conveyancer understands the process, forms, legal importance’s and more inc SDLT requirements 
https://www.gov.uk/registering-land-or-property-with-land-registry/transfer-ownership-of-your-property
Any Qs re SDLT and payment thereof should be addressed to HMRC 
https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax

Thank you

NeverTooLate

Hi

Do you know how long voluntary first registrations are taking at the moment?

Land_Registry

NeverTooLate said:

Hi

Do you know how long voluntary first registrations are taking at the moment?

You can expect to wait at least 9/10 months. 

jweb2k

Morning,
Are you able to provide an update on the progress of ST368547?

Much appreciated!

Land_Registry

jweb2k said:

Morning,
Are you able to provide an update on the progress of ST368547?

Much appreciated!

Still with us as an expedited first registration. We needed more from solicitor and they appear to have now replied. The application will be reconsidered ASAP due to it’s  expedite status.