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Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants
You must decide which type of joint ownership you want if you buy, inherit…
You can find out what type of joint ownership you have by checking…
This is called ‘severance of joint tenancy’. You should apply for a ‘Form…
You need the agreement of all the other joint owners to change from being…
You must apply to the Court of Protection if all of the following apply:…
When someone who owns a house or land passes away, you may need to update their property records.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
How to search for information about property and land in England and Wales - find out who owns it, how much was paid for it, how to get a scanned copy of the deeds and how to check the property...
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 or renting property in Spain.
This guidance outlines the obligations that the leaseholder protections in the Act place onto building owners, right-to-manage companies, resident management companies and named managers.
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of business premises once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
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