Land Registry: New Build Purchased Jan 2021 still not showing as registered in my name

Cammie50

I purchased my new build property in January 2021 on a development of 29 houses. I’ve been checking Land Registry regularly to check if the property is registered in my name, but as yet, 18 months later, it still shows the developer as the owner of the whole site (they purchased it from the landowner in 2017).  I fully appreciate there is a backlog at Land Registry but expected all to be updated by now. Is this normal with a New Build development? I’m slightly concerned that if I do decide to sell on, for whatever reason, there may be a problem if the Title is not in order. 

user1977

Yes it's normal (transfers of part are more complex than a straightforward transfer of an already-registered plot), and no it won't be a problem. If necessary applications can be expedited where they're holding up an onward transaction. But nothing to worry about for the meantime.

Cammie50

user1977 said:

Yes it's normal (transfers of part are more complex than a straightforward transfer of an already-registered plot), and no it won't be a problem. If necessary applications can be expedited where they're holding up an onward transaction. But nothing to worry about for the meantime.

Thank you. That’s reassuring. 

Interestingly, my house sale is showing on a couple of Property Sales websites (Rightmove etc) with the correct date and purchase price details, which I found strange, given that Land Registry is still not up to date. 

monkeymarbles

My sale from Sep-20 has only just appeared in the last few months.

Cammie50

monkeymarbles said:

My sale from Sep-20 has only just appeared in the last few months.

Again… reassuring. Thank you 

Land_Registry

Cammie50 said:

user1977 said:

Yes it's normal (transfers of part are more complex than a straightforward transfer of an already-registered plot), and no it won't be a problem. If necessary applications can be expedited where they're holding up an onward transaction. But nothing to worry about for the meantime.

Thank you. That’s reassuring. 

Interestingly, my house sale is showing on a couple of Property Sales websites (Rightmove etc) with the correct date and purchase price details, which I found strange, given that Land Registry is still not up to date. 

The price paid data is captured on submission and would usually appear on third party sites within a couple of months. 

Wait times are very long for this type of work but your purchase is protected. 

If you did decide to sell then as posted expedition can be requested once you have a confirmed buyer. 

The lengthy wait times are not great for anyone involved inc you, conveyancers, lenders and ourselves. But you are legally protected and I’d suggest waiting for your conveyancer to let you know when all done as they’ll know before any regular check. 

Cammie50

Thank you for taking the time to respond. Much appreciated. 

diystarter7

Cammie50 said:

user1977 said:

Yes it's normal (transfers of part are more complex than a straightforward transfer of an already-registered plot), and no it won't be a problem. If necessary applications can be expedited where they're holding up an onward transaction. But nothing to worry about for the meantime.

Thank you. That’s reassuring. 

Interestingly, my house sale is showing on a couple of Property Sales websites (Rightmove etc) with the correct date and purchase price details, which I found strange, given that Land Registry is still not up to date. 

The prices you see are from Land registry. Go to their site and type in your address and you will see its in their IE the price you paid as that is where all of the thrid party sites get their data from.

If you want to be 101% dead cert and really put your mind to rest, call the people at LR who will give you an idea how long it is taking to register your scenario.

A few years ago one of the family bought a BTL property. They used a new solicitor that was highly recommended by other family. A couple of years later they went on to gift the property to one of their children. The chap/family did the paperwork himself to transfer the property as a gift as there was no mortgage on it etc and relatively straightforward but he needed a bit of help etc with form filling. At that point he was advised that his correspondence address was that of the BTL and not where he lived. Therefore even solicitors can make mistakes IE the family member's correspondence address was written as the BTL which could have resulted in fraud by the T's.


I worry a lot to I go straight to the top and if I was in your shoes I'd phone them for the rubber-stamping of my piece of mind. However, there are many on here with loads of experience and as they said I'm sure all is good but silly me would still end up calling them