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Sign up to HM Land Registry's free Property Alert service to help protect your property from fraud.
Includes buying and selling your home, home ownership schemes, mortgages and compensation
How to protect your home, land or other property from fraud
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
You can use the Right to Contest application to challenge government to sell land or property if you believe it’s not needed and could be put to better economic use.
Find a property and get its title plan, title register and see who owns it
If you’re an overseas entity and think you’ve disposed of your UK property but have recently been contacted by Companies House, you may need to check your records.
Make a 'Part I claim' when your property depreciates because of the use of a new or altered highway - eligibility and where to send your claim
Ask for underused or vacant property owned by the government, agencies, local councils or local public bodies to be sold - Right to Contest.
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
Information on legal requirements and advice for British nationals buying property in France.
Leasehold property - leasehold disputes, buying the freehold, service charges, lease extensions and Right to Manage
After you have registered for the Valuation Office Agency's service, you’ll need to claim a property before you can submit a check or challenge.
Capital Gains Tax when you sell a property that's not your home: work out your gain and pay your tax on buy-to-let, business, agricultural and inherited properties
Notify HMRC of the specific nature of the land and property supplies you're making using form VAT5L.
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
This note applies from 1 April 2024
Practical advice to consider when purchasing a property or timeshare overseas.
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