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3card said:

Land_Registry said:

3card said:

Land_Registry said:

3card said:

Good afternoon

Many thanks for your advice and link you sent me earlier this week with regards to transferring a share of a property

Is there any chance you could advise the timescale for processing this paperwork for the transfer? 
It looks like we have a buyer for the property before it goes to market so the timescale will be important

Regards

Wait times are lengthy so if you decide you are going to transfer it first and then sell you need to lodge it asap. Once submitted you can then request expedition to keep the wait time as short as possible. 

If you are doing it yourselves then you should expect a 4-5 week wait with expedition 

Thanks very much Land Registry

I spoke to the solicitor we will be using to sell the property late yesterday and they told me the current timescale for the LR to do a transfer is a minimum of 3 months............is there any chance it might take anywhere near this timescale bearing in mind you mentioned 4-5 weeks??

Thanks again

If it’s not expedited then you have a long wait. I said 3-4 weeks based on you doing it yourself and then expediting it. You hadn’t mentioned a solicitor but if you are using one and they get it expedited then it could be done in under 2 weeks once expedited. 

Their 3 month estimate is based on a generous estimate and No expedition 

Sorry for not being clear.
I only asked the solicitor to get an idea of the timescales but i have every intention of doing the LR forms etc for myself

The solicitor quoted my £850 plus the LR fees for them to sort the paperwork out which from what i have seen is a silly price

Regards

If you DIY then you should expect a longer wait re processing as we will carry out a number of wider checks and these are time sensitive in so far as we must wait for replies/passage of time to complete. These are to help minimalise the risk of property fraud to protect all involved parties 

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anewbuyer said:

Hi Land Registry,

I own a flat in a converted victorian house. The house number is 6. There is an adjacent commercial property that looks like the garage of the house with its own land separately which is known as "6A". From the street, it all may look like a victorian house with a garage entrance in the same building.

My problem is the following: when I search in Google Maps or on the Land Registry map for my property, it takes me to the wrong address down the street (there is another number 6 house, but that is another story), even if I use the postcode, it takes me to the wrong address, which has made my life a bit difficult with delivery men, if I write "6A" it does take me to my property.

When investigating a bit in the Land Registry map I discovered that my property, the house "6" and garden are actually wrongly registered as "6A", and then I realised in Google Maps the property is as well marked as "6A", not "6". Basically, they confused the land and now my land appears as "6A", not "6", which is another property, I am not sure how they named the real "6A".

Is there anything I can do to correct this mistake? I've written to contact @ landregistry-uk . com at least 2 or 3 months ago but I got no reply, so any advice on what to do will be appreciated.

- House 6: it has 2 leasehold flats under a freehold: ground floor (with garden) and first-floor flats. The map number should match: 38578612

- Commercial property 6A is a freehold on its own: it has a garage-like entrance and its own land/garden and buildings on the rear side. The map number should match: 38578783

Thank you in advance.

You need to Contact us with the specific details.
https://customerhelp.landregistry.gov.uk/guide-page-external/?stepid=2b31bc48-eb96-eb11-b1ac-002248413956
Looks like you’ve been contacting a third party website which provides information but doesn’t actually maintain the land register 

error_eros

error_eros said:

Hello @Land_Registry , we completed a purchase of a property at the end of last September, title no. EGL271855. I haven't heard anything from HMLR since and it's nearly a year. So I wonder if everything is alright with our application to update the registry? Can you please check the status of the application for me? I've asked this here before and it was already in process. Although I can see on the government property information website that the 'last sold for' information has been updated, but I still haven't heard from HMLR. Is it the right time I get in touch with my solicitor and ask for update now?

Thanks very much
Ben

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error_eros said:

error_eros said:

Hello @Land_Registry , we completed a purchase of a property at the end of last September, title no. EGL271855. I haven't heard anything from HMLR since and it's nearly a year. So I wonder if everything is alright with our application to update the registry? Can you please check the status of the application for me? I've asked this here before and it was already in process. Although I can see on the government property information website that the 'last sold for' information has been updated, but I still haven't heard from HMLR. Is it the right time I get in touch with my solicitor and ask for update now?

Thanks very much
Ben

That register was updated at the end of February and the lodging conveyancer notified. You wouldn’t hear direct from us so I’d suggest contacting your conveyancer to confirm 

error_eros

Land_Registry said:

error_eros said:

error_eros said:

Hello @Land_Registry , we completed a purchase of a property at the end of last September, title no. EGL271855. I haven't heard anything from HMLR since and it's nearly a year. So I wonder if everything is alright with our application to update the registry? Can you please check the status of the application for me? I've asked this here before and it was already in process. Although I can see on the government property information website that the 'last sold for' information has been updated, but I still haven't heard from HMLR. Is it the right time I get in touch with my solicitor and ask for update now?

Thanks very much
Ben

That register was updated at the end of February and the lodging conveyancer notified. You wouldn’t hear direct from us so I’d suggest contacting your conveyancer to confirm 

Thanks very much for your confirmation, I'll contact my conveyancer about it. Thanks again for your help.

Kind regards,
Ben

Mike357

Hello.

I recently posted a query in the mortgage section and someone kindly directed me here, hoping someone is able to help in some way please? 

We bought a new build in April and ported the mortgage from the previous house over & added on additional borrowing. There was only 8 months remaining on the fixed mortgage so knew we’d have to remortgage more or less straight away.

We got an offer in July on a mortgage and have started the legal process - this is where it come to light that the land registry has not completed & we’ve been told we can’t remortgage without this. We were told this could be 18-24 months. We’ve asked for expedition which we’ve been told has been granted but there are 12 prior applications holding up the process. 

We don’t know where we can go to speed any of this up but by not being able to remortgage it’s going to have massive implications financially for us. It seems we’ve done everything we can/need to and the process is being held up - is there anything more we can do to speed it up or provide temp evidence to the mortgage provider in the meantime? 

Thanks 

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Mike357 said:

Hello.

I recently posted a query in the mortgage section and someone kindly directed me here, hoping someone is able to help in some way please? 

We bought a new build in April and ported the mortgage from the previous house over & added on additional borrowing. There was only 8 months remaining on the fixed mortgage so knew we’d have to remortgage more or less straight away.

We got an offer in July on a mortgage and have started the legal process - this is where it come to light that the land registry has not completed & we’ve been told we can’t remortgage without this. We were told this could be 18-24 months. We’ve asked for expedition which we’ve been told has been granted but there are 12 prior applications holding up the process. 

We don’t know where we can go to speed any of this up but by not being able to remortgage it’s going to have massive implications financially for us. It seems we’ve done everything we can/need to and the process is being held up - is there anything more we can do to speed it up or provide temp evidence to the mortgage provider in the meantime? 

Thanks 

If it’s been expedited then you’ve done all you can re the application. The temporary evidence would be to provide the information you’ve shared with your lender to see if they’ll give you an extension. 

If there are prior applications against the seller’s title then they have priority but if they can5 be completed for any reason that can delay an expedited application. Has that been checked/confirmed? 

Mike357

Land_Registry said:

Mike357 said:

Hello.

I recently posted a query in the mortgage section and someone kindly directed me here, hoping someone is able to help in some way please? 

We bought a new build in April and ported the mortgage from the previous house over & added on additional borrowing. There was only 8 months remaining on the fixed mortgage so knew we’d have to remortgage more or less straight away.

We got an offer in July on a mortgage and have started the legal process - this is where it come to light that the land registry has not completed & we’ve been told we can’t remortgage without this. We were told this could be 18-24 months. We’ve asked for expedition which we’ve been told has been granted but there are 12 prior applications holding up the process. 

We don’t know where we can go to speed any of this up but by not being able to remortgage it’s going to have massive implications financially for us. It seems we’ve done everything we can/need to and the process is being held up - is there anything more we can do to speed it up or provide temp evidence to the mortgage provider in the meantime? 

Thanks 

If it’s been expedited then you’ve done all you can re the application. The temporary evidence would be to provide the information you’ve shared with your lender to see if they’ll give you an extension. 

If there are prior applications against the seller’s title then they have priority but if they can5 be completed for any reason that can delay an expedited application. Has that been checked/confirmed? 

Thank you. It just feels like we’re stuck in this potentially very expensive situation through no fault of our own and there’s nowhere to go. 

I have spoken to Land Registry and have just been told about the 12 applications but not anything around them not being able to be completed, I guess that’s what I’m trying to understand what the hold up is - I.e. is it something my developer is holding up. But I’m not sure how I’d find that out? 

Land_Registry

Mike357 said:

Land_Registry said:

Mike357 said:

Hello.

I recently posted a query in the mortgage section and someone kindly directed me here, hoping someone is able to help in some way please? 

We bought a new build in April and ported the mortgage from the previous house over & added on additional borrowing. There was only 8 months remaining on the fixed mortgage so knew we’d have to remortgage more or less straight away.

We got an offer in July on a mortgage and have started the legal process - this is where it come to light that the land registry has not completed & we’ve been told we can’t remortgage without this. We were told this could be 18-24 months. We’ve asked for expedition which we’ve been told has been granted but there are 12 prior applications holding up the process. 

We don’t know where we can go to speed any of this up but by not being able to remortgage it’s going to have massive implications financially for us. It seems we’ve done everything we can/need to and the process is being held up - is there anything more we can do to speed it up or provide temp evidence to the mortgage provider in the meantime? 

Thanks 

If it’s been expedited then you’ve done all you can re the application. The temporary evidence would be to provide the information you’ve shared with your lender to see if they’ll give you an extension. 

If there are prior applications against the seller’s title then they have priority but if they can5 be completed for any reason that can delay an expedited application. Has that been checked/confirmed? 

Thank you. It just feels like we’re stuck in this potentially very expensive situation through no fault of our own and there’s nowhere to go. 

I have spoken to Land Registry and have just been told about the 12 applications but not anything around them not being able to be completed, I guess that’s what I’m trying to understand what the hold up is - I.e. is it something my developer is holding up. But I’m not sure how I’d find that out? 

Hold ups occur when applications are incomplete so we can’t update the register. That maybe linked to the Developer in some way but all depends on what the applications are 
What’s the title number? 

SXX

Dear Land Registry - I am in the process of selling my flat.  The Title Plan on the LR is incorrect. 

However, in August 2005 Harrow District Land Registry sent me an official copy of the register saying no amendment to the title plan has been made.  According to my solicitor the title plan registered with you is incorrect, whereas the one sent to me in 2005 is correct. 

Anyway, the purchaser's solicitor has said that as there is a mortgage involved, my solicitor needs to rectify the incorrect plan and ask the registry to expedite the application. 

Surely if the correct plan is registered with Harrow District LR they can speak to you to rectify the incorrect plan.  the old title number is NGL585322.  (updated Title number AGL273017 - Edition date 16.12.2019).    What is the quickest way of sorting this out please?  thank you