Legal estates and beneficial interests: what’s the difference?
In England and Wales, property ownership is divided into ownership of the “legal estate” and ownersh...
How PropTech is transforming leasehold property management
Block Manager Technology joined the Geovation Accelerator Programme in 2025. The programme, backed b...
Reducing requisitions: Trowers & Hamlins’ quality-led approach
Avoidable requisitions add extra work for conveyancers, slow down the registration process and can a...
Making home buying and selling faster with upfront data
Thicha Satapitanon / Shutterstock Home Sale Pack joined the Geovation Accelerator Programme in 2024....
Transforming local land charges migrations with AI
Deemerwha studio/Shutterstock.com The development of an AI (artificial intelligence) tool by HM Land...
We’re making it easier and quicker to report an error
We’re making it easier and quicker for you to report an error in the register, title plan, copy docu...
Right-first-time planning submissions
Sam foster/Shutterstock.com UK Planning Gateway joined the Geovation Accelerator Programme in August...
HM Land Registry portal to be refreshed
"Customers who use the HM Land Registry portal will see a clear, refreshed homepage." From 26 Januar...
More HM Land Registry customers are saving time and money with right-first-time applications
At a glance Application quality is increasing. Nearly one-third of qualifying customers* are saving...
How HM Land Registry works to protect property owners
Sharing tips and guidance during International Fraud Awareness Week Each year, HM Land Registry un...
How to deal with restrictions in the register
CEPTAP/Shutterstock.com We see a lot of applications seeking to disapply or modify a restriction in ...
Building Safety (Planning & Infrastructure Bill)
We have proposed an amendment to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill that prevents members of the Res...
Qualified Electronic Signatures: Answering your questions
Since HM Land Registry's recent announcement that we will accept Qualified Electronic Signatures (QE...
How we're modernising our digital services to deliver faster land registration
The recent news that we passed our target for reducing the age of our oldest cases is a major achiev...
The true picture of property fraud in England and Wales
Whilst recent media stories may have left homeowners fearing that property fraud is increasing drama...
How to deal with property using a power of attorney
This guide explains how powers of attorney work for property transactions and what HM Land Registry...
The Land Registration Academy – shaping the future of our caseworkers
Improving our speed of service for our customers is our main priority at HM Land Registry. You can r...
Easement entries in the register of title: promoting consistency
In early September, we are changing the way we describe easements in title registers. What is changi...
Finding requisitions on the portal has just got easier
Branislav Nenin/Shutterstock.com Two new enhancements have been added to the portal, designed to sav...
Building the service you need
I know that improving the speed of registration is our customers’ number one concern. It is the same...
It's now even easier to add additional parties to applications in our portal
BushAlex/Shutterstock.com From 31 March, customers are now able to add landlord and tenant details a...
Local Land Charges – the journey so far
GamePixel/Shutterstock.com The desire for quicker, simpler and cheaper conveyancing is driving a hos...
Asking for guidance part 4: A case of distribution in kind
Approximately 65% of complex applications receive requisitions. This is because some points are hard...
PAS 9980 – A watered-down unsafe, unsuitable and unwanted approach to fire safety
“We will prioritise residents and protect their interests, make sure that industry builds safe homes...
How caseworkers investigate easements
Sue Burton Photography/Shutterstock.com Registering easements is an important part of HM Land Regist...
How we've enhanced our digital services
Ground Picture/Shutterstock.com We have made a number of key improvements to our digital services ov...
Explaining easements – making the correct applications
CreativeMedia.org.uk/Shutterstock.com A senior HM Land Registry caseworker has penned this practice-...
Keeping a close eye on your property helps us prevent potential fraud
International Fraud Awareness Week 2024 takes place this week, seeing hundreds of organisations arou...
We are simplifying the registration of personal covenants
We are making the process by which we enter personal covenants in the register more consistent. Cust...
Assessing the viability of housing development sites
Viability co-founders Henry Mayell and Adria Tarrida Property technology (PropTech) start-up Viabili...