Digital by default – the day has arrived
HM Land Registry has hit a major milestone following the publication of our 2022+ Strategy: we are n...
The HM Land Registry portal redesign
Since it was launched in 2009, our customer portal has become the front door into HM Land Registry f...
Working in user-centred design at HM Land Registry
Why user-centred design is so important HM Land Registry records ownership changes for every registe...
Why work in IT at HM Land Registry?
everything possible/Shutterstock.com IT Operations makes sure that vital land registration work can ...
Protecting your property from fraud: Form LL – the ‘counter-fraud’ restriction
A restriction in the property title register limits the owner’s ability to deal with the property....
What kind of joint ownership do I have?
Grand Warszawski/Shutterstock.com People often call our Customer Support Centre to ask about joint o...
How our new data strategy will support the UK economy
How our property data supports the UK economy Our data is a national asset and a crucial part of ach...
Unlocking automation for HM Land Registry
In a recent blog, Angie Clarkson explored how automation will transform our services. While the majo...
Making our services more efficient
At the end of August, we published our Strategy 2022+ and our three-year Business Plan. Alongside a ...
How can I get my urgent application to HM Land Registry fast-tracked?
Anyone browsing the property pages of a news website in the last year will have seen countless art...
Digital by default
Automation is at the heart of our plans to develop efficient and resilient land registry services, a...
How SearchLand is using our data to help land developers
SearchLand's co-founders: Archie Kennedy-Dyson, Arthur Goodhart and Hugh Gibbs SearchLand was a part...
Handy new checklist for lease extensions (surrender and regrants)
Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com HM Land Registry has published a handy new checklist for use when hand...
Register of Overseas Entities: How it affects land transactions
The Economic Crime (Transparency & Enforcement) Act 2022 requires overseas entities that own or acqu...
How Skyroom is helping landowners deliver housing in London
A Skyroom development in Southwark, London. Artistic impression. Skyroom was a participant in the Ge...
Programme to help PropTech and geospatial start-ups wins award
I have been lucky enough to work on the Geovation Accelerator Programme since 2017 as part of HM Lan...
Digital applications – 6 months to go
Six months ago, we told customers we had a year to switch to digital applications. Now at the midway...
Spring 2022 portal changes: View Applications
View My Applications was launched within our customer portal in August 2020. This feature enables ou...
Pressing on with Local Land Charges delivery
Ant Clausen/Shutterstock.com Four years ago, the Local Land Charges Rules came into force providing ...
Progress on the Register of Overseas Entities
The new Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill received royal assent on 15 March and bec...
What’s in a name?
iChzigo/Shutterstock.com Every year, we send more than 200,000 requests for information (requisition...
Electronic signatures: our new practice guide and the future
Marko Aliaksandr/Shutterstock.com In August last year I wrote about the role of electronic signature...
What do we do with customer feedback?
IhorZigor/Shutterstock.com Our customers’ voices are heard clearly across HM Land Registry. They are...
We’re accelerating our move towards digital applications
Last year we announced that, from November 2022, most AP1 applications to change the register via ou...
Private sector collaboration helps Local Land Charges Programme delivery
everything possible/Shutterstock.com From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will...
View My Applications will soon include your colleagues’ work
insta_photos/Shutterstock.com From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will increa...
HM Land Registry fees are changing
anabaraulia/shutterstock.com From 00.01 am on Monday 31 January 2022, Scale 1 and Scale 2 land regis...
Celebrating Geovation’s start-up successes – and seeking the next cohort
From Monday 31 January, some of our land registration fees will increase. See Fees review 2021 to 20...
5 top tips to keep your property safe
Ivan Kruk/Shutterstock.com Combating fraud is a key priority for us at HM Land Registry. Over the pa...
Digital applications will be game-changing – for you and us
The pandemic has changed the way we work over the past 20 months, especially in the use of technolog...