Chair Neil Sachdev has responded to the Government’s expectations and priorities for HM Land Registry over the coming year. We have also published our Business Plan 2026+, our roadmap to investments in our services, people, technology and data to enable more efficient operational delivery, improved customer experience and a modern property registration service.
Commercial property applications are rarely straightforward. For firms dealing with complex portfolios, new build schemes, securitisations or technically demanding register-create applications, the risk of requisitions tends to be higher. Yet Trowers & Hamlins, an international law firm with a significant commercial property practice, consistently maintains an excellent 1% avoidable requisition rate. What sits behind that level of quality – and what can other firms learn from it?
Geovation Accelerator Programme member Block Manager Technology systematises and where possible automates everything related to residential building management. This allows property managers to focus on providing the leaseholders with a better service and lower service charges.
In March we completed 2,202,225 applications, compared with 1,941,280 in February 2026 and 1,974,155 in March 2025. A total of 387,441 were applications for register updates, compared with 352,444 in February.
UK House Price Index for February 2026 The February data shows that, on average, house prices have risen by 0.1% since January 2026. An annual price rise of 1.2% makes the average property in the UK valued at £268,000.
Did you know the most efficient route to respond to requisitions for applications submitted via the portal is within the portal itself?
The Reply to Requisitions feature is part of the portal toolkit for managing applications and it provides better consistency and management when replying to requisitions.
Service maintenance from Friday 22 May to Sunday 24 May
From 8pm on Friday 22 May to 11.59pm on Sunday 24 May, all of our customer services will be suspended for essential maintenance.
Join us at 10am on Tuesday 12 May for an exclusive 90-minute online workshop that will help you avoid the most common mistakes we find in New Build applications.
With new builds projected to increase, you’ve been asking us for help with applications. So we’ve carefully crafted a free workshop to help you fill in the cracks and ensure a perfect finish.
We’ve worked with customers to create this much-anticipated HM Land Registry first, based on feedback from commercial lawyers, major house builders and attendees of our highly popular application support workshops.
Hosted on Microsoft Teams, this interactive session is ideal for professionals who regularly lodge applications with HM Land Registry.
We’ll cover:
what we mean by requisitions and how to avoid them;
the top 5 areas where requisitions happen on new build applications (restrictions, plans issues, discounts & incentives, missing information and evidence of identity); and
live Q&A with expert caseworkers to answer all your pressing questions.
