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How can I remove my original house price from public view?

Okey00001
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Is it statutory to have your house price displayed for public view? Can I put a request to stop the data being shared or sold by the Land Registry?
I noticed that some houses do not have the sold price displayed at all.

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    Only in very limited circumstances:
    https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/root/doc/ppd
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Section62
    Section62 Posts: 11,082 Forumite
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    Okey00001 said:

    I noticed that some houses do not have the sold price displayed at all.

    Some properties may not have been sold in the time since whichever dataset started.

    There will be some that haven't been sold since the 1960's or 1970's, or even earlier.
  • user1977
    user1977 Posts: 19,564 Forumite
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    edited 17 August 2022 at 8:29PM
    Okey00001 said:
    I noticed that some houses do not have the sold price displayed at all.

    Yes, but that didn't happen by the owners asking for some sort of special privacy option. The "free" price data excludes things which aren't normal sales on the open market (though occasionally gets it wrong). Or may simply not have been sold for years.

    In any event, the price of the last sale is always publicly available from the Land Registry - you can't stop people from getting the information there.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    It has to be asked: why?
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • sidneyvic
    sidneyvic Posts: 164 Forumite
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    Thinks he is a property magnet and is going to flip it for double the price....
  • london21
    london21 Posts: 2,236 Forumite
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    Why do you not want the price shown?

  • Woolsery
    Woolsery Posts: 1,535 Forumite
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    edited 18 August 2022 at 10:33AM
    user1977 said:
    Okey00001 said:
    I noticed that some houses do not have the sold price displayed at all.

    In any event, the price of the last sale is always publicly available from the Land Registry - you can't stop people from getting the information there.
    Anyone who wants to pay £3 for a copy of the title document may do so. It lists those with an interest in the property when it was purchsed i.e. the lender too, if there was one.

  • trakky14
    trakky14 Posts: 398 Forumite
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    I don't understand why you wouldn't want anyone to know?
  • TheJP
    TheJP Posts: 2,020 Forumite
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    trakky14 said:
    I don't understand why you wouldn't want anyone to know?
    Because when they sell they likely not want perspective buyers to see what they paid for the house. e.g. OP paid £250k for the house 6 months ago and then lists the house at £290k. That's my conclusion as i cant see any other reason unless its to stop an ex or a creditor from finding out what they have paid.
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