Land Registry questions

Abrasam

Land_Registry said:

Nothing still. If you want to know when it’s lodged you may find it easier to set up a Property Alert  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/property-alert

Hi,

I've setup an alert, would it be possible to just check once more to ensure there hasn't been an application lodged between the time I last asked and the alert being setup.

Title number NGL951296.

Thank you,
Sam

housebuyer143

Thor22 said:

Plus land registry have just said its a case of waiting some take a long time thank you for replying have a good day

Just wait until you remortgage and then put in an expedited request. They will do it within 14 days.

Land_Registry

Nothing lodged 

annaphyosh

@Land_Registry regarding my earlier post (which I can't seem to quote), my solicitor tells me that she responded to the 5 questions raised by the LR on 31 October and then to a further question on Tuesday 1st. Could you provide me with an update of the title application as at today please? The new title number is BK514754. The existing title number is BK441356. Thank you very much.

CCJJ

Land_Registry said:

CCJJ said:

Hi Land Registry

Can I please get another update on BM322340?

You wrote to the restrictioner who has now responded with their consent (by post last Thursday - not sure how quickly this will be on file).

Assuming that consent comes through are there any further checks / what sort of timescales are we looking at?

Thanks

It’s not on file as yet but when it is then generally speaking things clear, if all in order, within 48/72 hours generally speaking. 

Sorry to bother you again- any update on this?

Thanks

Land_Registry

annaphyosh said:

@Land_Registry regarding my earlier post (which I can't seem to quote), my solicitor tells me that she responded to the 5 questions raised by the LR on 31 October and then to a further question on Tuesday 1st. Could you provide me with an update of the title application as at today please? The new title number is BK514754. The existing title number is BK441356. Thank you very much.

Awaiting their response to our contact of the 1st Nov 

TJHBedford

Land Registry seems to accept a lower burden of proof of identity that is required for a passport application. As a result houses can be sold without owners consent using just a fake driving license.

To protect against this I want to place a restriction on home using Land Registry form RX1 to insist that a more rigourous identity check is done before the title is transferred. I have two questions that I hope our LR expert may be able to answer:

1. Is it possible to lodge a certified photo of the owner with the RX1, listing it in panel 6, and insisting that this lodged photo is checked by the conveyancer in the wording in panel 9.
2. Can a passport-level certification of the identity of the prospective purchaser (the "disponsor") be made mandatory by combining wording from form RQ (for properties the owner does not live in) with those from thepassport application pages, resulting in something like this:

No disposition of the registered estate by the proprietor of the registered estate is to be registered without a certificate stating that the person who executed the document submitted for registration as disponor is the same person as the proprietor signed by a person who 

1. Has personally known the person who executed the document submitted for registration as disponor for at least 2 years

      AND

2. Can personally identify the person who executed the document submitted for registration as disponor as a friend, neighbour, or colleague

      AND

3. Is a person of good standing in their community or works in (or be retired from) one of the following recognised professions: (list copied from the passport application pages).

Land_Registry

TJHBedford said:

Land Registry seems to accept a lower burden of proof of identity that is required for a passport application. As a result houses can be sold without owners consent using just a fake driving license.

To protect against this I want to place a restriction on home using Land Registry form RX1 to insist that a more rigourous identity check is done before the title is transferred. I have two questions that I hope our LR expert may be able to answer:

1. Is it possible to lodge a certified photo of the owner with the RX1, listing it in panel 6, and insisting that this lodged photo is checked by the conveyancer in the wording in panel 9.
2. Can a passport-level certification of the identity of the prospective purchaser (the "disponsor") be made mandatory by combining wording from form RQ (for properties the owner does not live in) with those from thepassport application pages, resulting in something like this:

No disposition of the registered estate by the proprietor of the registered estate is to be registered without a certificate stating that the person who executed the document submitted for registration as disponor is the same person as the proprietor signed by a person who 

1. Has personally known the person who executed the document submitted for registration as disponor for at least 2 years

      AND

2. Can personally identify the person who executed the document submitted for registration as disponor as a friend, neighbour, or colleague

      AND

3. Is a person of good standing in their community or works in (or be retired from) one of the following recognised professions: (list copied from the passport application pages).

1. No. The conveyancer will carry out their own checks before providing the certificate as per the restriction wording. 

2. No as our people would have no means of confirming 1-3 inclusive when checking that the restriction has been complied with 
The identity verification requirements for registration purposes are struck in such a way as to find a balance between the need to reduce the risk of property fraud whilst still allowing the conveyancing process to complete. 

For that reason similar identity requirements already exist re our form ID3 identity verification. But they don’t extend to the suggested form of restriction 

T8000

I can't sell my house as it still isn't registered in my name at the land registry from when i bought it last year. Application has been rejected twice but the useless conveyancers aren't telling me why and are ignoring me. I've actually lost my house sale due to it.

Would you be able to tell me why it was rejected and if there is something i can do about it? It's been 11 months and the host still isn't legally mine.

Title CYM686256

Thank you

Land_Registry

T8000 said:

I can't sell my house as it still isn't registered in my name at the land registry from when i bought it last year. Application has been rejected twice but the useless conveyancers aren't telling me why and are ignoring me. I've actually lost my house sale due to it.

Would you be able to tell me why it was rejected and if there is something i can do about it? It's been 11 months and the host still isn't legally mine.

Title CYM686256

Thank you

The application can’t be completed until the restriction on the title is complied with. You/Your solicitor require a certificate from a third party as per the restriction wording. 

Your solicitor will be reliant on the restrictioner here and it can take time to get a response
If you are dissatisfied with your solicitor then they should have a complaints procedure you can use/follow