HM Land Registry: verify your property data
Use our verification services to improve the accuracy of property ownership data.
Applies to England and Wales
We offer 3 services to verify your property ownership data:
The service you choose will depend on how much data you need from HM Land Registry.
Use these services to:
- bring your property ownership information up to date
- ensure your data is accurate
- append property ownership information to your records
Classic Data Matching
Confirm addresses are registered with us and append reliable property ownership information to your records. Designed for customers who want to match up to 10,000 rows of data. Used by utility companies, solicitors and conveyancers, debt recovery firms, lenders and local authorities.
To use this service:
- you supply a list of names and addresses on a CSV spreadsheet (10,000 rows at most)
- we compare your information with our database
- we send you the results on a spreadsheet within five days, or within 10 days if you have added optional extras
The results show whether we have traced the property on our database and whether your records match, do not match or partially match our ownership information. To improve matching rates, we manually investigate results that do not match.
You can automatically receive official copies of the register in PDF format for records that do not match. There’s also an option to have certain register information set out on the resulting spreadsheet containing links to the Land Register.
Cost
This service costs from £1 for each record submitted and processed by us. Additional options and register information are available. For a quote please contact us.
All prices are subject to VAT and a minimum price per file applies.
Volume Data Matching
Confirm addresses are registered with us and append reliable property ownership information to your records. Designed for customers who have files with over 10,000 rows of data, eg utility companies.
To use this service:
- you supply a list of names and addresses on a CSV spreadsheet (with at least 10,000 rows)
- we compare up to a million rows of data
- you receive the results within 48 hours
The results show whether we have traced the property on our database and whether your records match, do not match or partially match our ownership information. It may be possible to receive official copies of the register in PDF format for records that do not match.
Cost
Pricing for this service varies depending on the volumes lodged. For a quote please contact us.
Online Owner Verification
Securely verify your property ownership data against more than 25 million HM Land Registry property titles in real time. This web-based service is provided through our Business Gateway and can integrate into your processes or services.
It features:
- historical match option to verify whether the person named matches a previous named owner in our records (no further back than 2005)
- partial matching or “fuzzy logic” to increase the chances of a match
- option to highlight whether there are additional legal owners on the title
- option to search by title number to ensure a registered address is found
Case study
Read about RentProfile’s use of Online Owner Verification in their landlord checking service.
Cost
Pay Monthly option
| volume per calendar month | cost per enquiry |
|---|---|
| < 4000 | 60p |
| 4001 to 10,000 | 28p |
| 10,001 to 40,000 | 22p |
| 40,001 to 80,000 | 19p |
| >80,000 | 12p |
Pay up front: quarterly option
‘Credit Period’ is 3 calendar months. After 3 months, the credits expire and cannot be carried over.
| volume | cost per credit |
|---|---|
| 10,000 to 25,000 | 28p |
| 25,001 to 100,000 | 22p |
| 100,001 to 200,000 | 19p |
Pay up front: yearly option
‘Credit Period’ is 12 calendar months. After 12 months, the credits expire and cannot be carried over.
| volume | cost per credit |
|---|---|
| 800,000 to 1,500,000 | 10p |
| 1,500,000 to 3,000,000 | 8p |
| Please contact us to discuss pricing exceeding this amount |
Service comparison table
| Features to compare | Classic Data Matching | Volume Data Matching | Ownership Verification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name matching | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multiple forename matching | ✔ | ||
| Partial name matching | ✔ | ||
| Historical name matching | ✔ | ||
| Company name matching | ✔ | ||
| Registered address matching | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multiple address lodgement options | ✔ | ||
| Skip address matching using title number | ✔ | ||
| Secure delivery method | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Flexible data delivery options available | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Manual investigation of failed matches | ✔ | ||
| High volume (each request is >100,000) | ✔ | ||
| High volume usage | ✔ | ||
| Flexible pricing based on usage | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Flexible payment options (Pay upfront and pay monthly) | ✔ | ||
| Online fast response | ✔ | ||
| Business to business | ✔ | ||
| Available on our web based Business Gateway Channel | ✔ |
More information
To find out more about these services and to access them, please contact us.
Data Services Team
HM Land Registry
Rosebrae Court
Woodside Ferry Approach
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH41 6DU
Email data.services@mail.landregistry.gov.uk
Contact form https://help.landregis...
Telephone 0300 006 0478
For Online Owner Verification, you must first apply for a portal and Variable Direct Debit account.