is there a way to find out who owns a house via the land registry

Bitstring , from the wonderful person Just Wondering said

If it's registered the Land Registry will sell you the latest details for £3, but whether that includes address of the owner I don't know..

Yes, you can do it from their web page for £2.

thank you :)

I think you'll find it is currently £3. That's inflation for you (unless your £2 was just a typo).

No typo, it was £2 last time I looked. That was some time ago though.

Gareth

It will include the address of the owner at the time of registration, so it could well be out of date now.

Does this mean that if another person has been added to the title since registration that this will not show? There is a property I would like to know who owns it - but if what you say is right I may be wasting my time.

Bitstring , from the wonderful person Eric Jones said

No, that should show, since if it's a registered property the only way TO 'add another person' is to update the land registry data (at some expense). I guess there could be a will/transfer floating around which has not yet been sent to the registry, but until that happens then the ownership hasn't actually changed.

The point is that the land registry registers WHO owns it, not where the who lives, or what their phone number, date of birth, and inside leg measurement might (currently) be.

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been added to the title since

It's worth getting the deeds from the land registry. They usually show not only who owns it, but also when the bought it and what they paid for it, who the mortgage lender was etc etc. You get anice plan of the local area too, with the property marked in red. Typically though the owner's address is shown as being the property address.

Robert