Delays in property registrations causing frustration among homeowners

Long delays in registering properties with the Land Registry across Great Britain are causing frustration among homeowners and buyers. Latest figures from His Majesty's Land Registry (HMLR) show that it is taking almost two years for some applications to make changes to the register to be completed. Emma Jones, managing director of mortgage brokers When The Bank Says No, said one of her clients who bought their property through the right to buy scheme in December 2021 is still not registered as owner. The Property Litigation Association told the Observer: "In some cases, parties are having to spend time and money dealing with issues on properties they sold many months before. In others, properties are being sold with hundreds of outstanding Land Registry applications against them which then have to be investigated".

The Observer (27/08/2023)