HM Land Registry Property Alert Service
The HMLR Property Alert service has been designed to help protect properties from fraud. On signing up to this free service, HMLR will send you an email alert each time there is significant activity on the property you are monitoring, such as if a new mortgage is taken out against it. The alert will tell you the type of activity (such as an application to change the register or a notification that an application may be due), who the applicant is, and the date and time it has been received. You can monitor your own property, a portfolio of properties or the property of a relative.
For further details see https://propertyalert.landregistry.gov.uk/ In addition, helpful guidance on protecting your land and property from fraud is available on the website https://www.gov.uk/protect-land-property-from-fraud. In order to minimise the risk of property fraud, we recommend that you follow HMLR advice which requests that registered proprietors keep any addresses they have registered for service at HMLR up to date.
Stamp Duty Changes from 1 April 2025
Following the Budget on 30 October 2024, several changes have been made with regard to how stamp duty land tax is calculated
on some residential property transactions and this may result in an increase in the stamp duty land tax payable.
For transactions which complete on or after 1 April 2025:
The nil rate threshold, which is currently £250,000, will return to the previous level of £125,000
The nil rate threshold for first time buyers, which is currently £425,000, will return to the previous level of £300,000
The maximum purchase price for which First Time Buyers Relief (a reduced stamp duty land tax rate) can be claimed, which is
currently £625,000, will return to the previous level of £500,000
If we are acting for you on a purchase, we will do our utmost to deal with your case as quickly as we can, however we cannot
guarantee any timescales and we can offer no guarantee that your matter will complete by the end of March 2025.
If your purchase does not complete on or before 31st March 2025, you should ensure you are prepared to pay any additional stamp duty.
We strongly suggest that you visit https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/calculate-stamp-duty-land-tax/#/intro to calculate any SDLT payable should your matter complete after 31st March 2025