Unoccupied house: locating the owner
 

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

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

land registry, £4 per search.

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

Bruce

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



RT

On 22 Nov 2004 08:42:59 -0800, (bruce phipps)
wrote:

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

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

http://www.landregisteronline.gov.uk/



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On 22 Nov 2004 08:42:59 -0800, (bruce phipps)
wrote:

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

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.


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

Bruce


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Andy Hall wrote:
On 22 Nov 2004 08:42:59 -0800, (bruce phipps)
wrote:

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

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.

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

Anyway I can do a web search for council tax

care to share ?


RT

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:43:24 GMT, "R Taylor"
wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:
On 22 Nov 2004 08:42:59 -0800, (bruce phipps)
wrote:

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

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.

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


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.



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"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 22 Nov 2004 08:42:59 -0800, (bruce phipps)
wrote:

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

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

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

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:50:03 GMT, "R Taylor"
wrote:

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

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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"bruce phipps" wrote in message
om...
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.


try www.192.com

"R Taylor" wrote in message
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On 22 Nov 2004 08:42:59 -0800, (bruce phipps)
wrote:

Anyway I can do a web search for council tax

care to share ?



http://www.voa.gov.uk/council_tax/index.htm presumably