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confidentiality when selling
raj1976
Posts: 4 Newbie
Hi - Is there anyway of keeping your sale of your property private? so it doesnt appear on those websites that tell you how much the properties in certain area's go for?
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I don't think you can stop your details going on websites like www.aboutmyplace.com unfortunately. I think there's some kind of Q&A or disclaimer on that one explaining why.0
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This was one of many questions raised when the land registry started making the information available. It was decided that it wasn't a breach of the data protection act as the information was related to the property, not the buyer/seller.0
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Who are you trying to hide from?0
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This was one of many questions raised when the land registry started making the information available. It was decided that it wasn't a breach of the data protection act as the information was related to the property, not the buyer/seller.
Though on ourproperty it gives you the name of the person who has bought the property, and sometimes the name of the person who has sold which I've always thought a bit odd.0 -
This information has always been in the public domain it is just the net that makes it so readily available. In the 'old days' you could just walk off the street into the Land Registry and look up the paper records.0
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Why would you want to keep it secret?Mortgage | £145,000Unsecured Debt | [strike]£7,000[/strike] £0 Lodgers | |0
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or they say they've bought it for less than they did.
Sometimes people don't want to share their income or affordability.Spring into Spring 2015 - 0.7/12lb0 -
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Millionaire wrote: »Do you wanna "blag" the price to someone;)
I find normally people blag a house sold for more than it does.
So not only EA's tell Porky Pies???????????????A retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.0
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