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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Virginia Wallis

If my house purchase is not registered at the Land Registry, will it be a problem when selling?

A row of semi-detached houses in west London.
The reader has paid off the mortgage on their property. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock

Q I bought my house in 2003 and paid off the mortgage some years ago, so I own it outright. However, when I have looked at the details on the Land Registry website my purchase is not recorded.

Would this be a problem when I come to sell? Who would have been responsible for registering my purchase in 2003? And is there a way of completing the registration now?
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