Unoccupied house: locating the owner

[bruce phipps]

How can I find out who owns an unoccupied house near me? I know the post code.

Anyway I can do a web search for council tax, land registry, phone book entry etc.

Bruce

[R Taylor]

land registry, £4 per search.

not web but UKInfo 2004 may help. however, it costs an arm and a leg.

RT

[Andy Hall]

You can do a non-legally-admissible search on the Land Registry web site for £2

[Andy Hall]

One other thing on the Land Registry site.

I've found that it can take a while (several weeks) to be updated, presumably as a result of administrative delays.and also I have found errors relating to charges against the property.

So, depending on the reason that you need the information, you need to be careful.

[R Taylor]

postal / via form searches are more accurate, possibly why it costs £4 ?

care to share ?

RT

[Andy Hall]

Probably. I suspect that all that they do on a form search is to check the pending entries as well as what is already there.

[Bobby Bewl ®]

Good advice.

There is nor time limit in which to register the change of ownership of land (which includes property). So the delay is usually due to solicitors dealing with legal problems or lenders taking their time to discharge the vendors mortgage. You can look at the date in front of the propritors name in the B Proprietorship Register to see when they went on the register. If it is an old date then be careful as the property could have been transferred but the Land Registry has not been informed.

Fees are £4 by post and the turn round is usually done in 24 hours and £2 on the internet.

Bobby

[Anna Kettle]

Oh no it doesn't. Free with December's Computer Shopper. At least I got 2002 and 2003 that way - I haven't yet gone looking for 2004

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[Mike]

try

[Lobster]

presumably