HM Land Registry delays

Conveyancers report mixed experiences when dealing with HM Land Registry but ‘shocking’ delays are a growing cause of concern.

With routine transactions taking more than 18 months to register, John Stephenson, partner in BDB Pitmans’ private real estate team, comments in an article for the Law Society Gazette.

Land Registry will expedite in cases where sale or refinance is being held up on production of the memorandum of sale or the mortgage offer with the request. But even then, there is usually a month before registration is completed. Land Registry is clearly woefully under-resourced and it is getting worse by the month.

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