The busy world of HM Land Registry

If you were to walk through the doors years ago you would have been met with a bunch of plans that outlined the entire city as well as some farm territory. There was a children’s book author that managed to illustrate an entire city with a lot of little critters within it. Some were working, some were roaming, either way, they all had plans. There is a lot of farm land in England and in Wales, nearly 85 percent of it is farmland as a matter of fact.

Key Takeaways:

• Knowing who owns what and if the ownership is secure breeds confidence in property.
• Only 9% of England and Wales is built on, and most of the land is farmland.
• The HM land registry is responsible for most of the economic activity regarding land running smoothly.

“Commercial property (offices, factories, shops etc.) is worth around £900 billion in the UK as a whole. Last calendar year, we dealt with around 115,000 non-residential transactions.”

Read more: https://hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk/2018/07/12/the-busy-world-of-hm-land-registry/