Firstlocate employs almost 400 staff and provides unique research and tracing services on a scale that few other organisations can match. Instruct us and we will identify the ownership and trace the owners of unregistered land or buildings.
"We'll find out who owns it and trace their current address"
"Significant numbers of building & land titles remain unrecorded with HM Land Registry - this means no details they hold no details of ownership"
"Employing almost 400 staff, we have the resources to invest in comprehensive ongoing training, audit and compliance"
Firstlocate assist customers to find the
owners of unregistered land, property and buildings
in England and Wales. A search of the England or
Wales Land Registry may have produced a negative result
stating that the land or building has no registered title.
This means HMLR hold no information on exactly what the property consists of or who owns it. Firstlocate
will undertake a detailed search and identify the
current owners and provide you with a current
contact address. This will likely involve tracing the owners
to a new address or even tracing the beneficiaries
or legatees in the event that the former owner has
died. We undertake research in Scotland too; however, all land is technically
registered, there are many disused or derelict
buildings and even land that has remained unused for
many years. The original system of registration in Scotland can be complex and time consuming to research. Some owners may not even be aware that
they still own such plots. We can research the records held in Scotland and trace the current owners and provide you
with their contact address.
A search in England or Wales can take from
1 - 8 weeks dependant on the options specified on
your order. Searches in Scotland are usually quicker to complete. In some cases, our search may take longer but
you will be fully informed of progress. If we are
successful, the fee is £150 - a small price to pay
in the event that you might be able to purchase the
property. If we are unsuccessful (i.e we do not
identify ownership), the fee is £25 but you will be
provided with a report detailing all of the steps
that we have taken. A search will continue until
either we successfully resolve or we cannot identify
ownership or you cancel in writing. Cases cancelled
will be subject to the reduced fee of £25 provided
the cancellation is received in writing prior to our
resolution of the case..
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Remember, if land or property is UNREGISTERED then there are 2 possible scenarios:
1/. The property is owned but the title has never been recorded or registered with HM Land Registry.
2/. The property is ownerless. In the vast majority of instances, the property/land is owned but the title not registered.
1st Locate unregistered land investigation service is an ideal way to identify ownership with a very high success rate of cases successfully resolved. The service is successfully used by Solicitors, Developers and private purchasers and is often the only way of identifying ownership for unregistered land or property. We believe this is a unique service and is undertaken by highly experienced Researchers using a variety of investigative techniques, research and where appropriate site visits
"We'll identify ownership and put you in touch with the owner."
"there are 2 possible scenarios:
1/. The property is owned but the title has never been recorded or registered with HM Land Registry.
2/. The property is ownerless. ."
Large scale tracing services
Clients with large numbers of people to trace
visit our ,
Corporate site for a volume tracing and other services including trace & collect, revenue management and call centre services.
Confidential tracing of a person for debt purposes. We will provide you with a verified current address which will enable you to conduct your own collections activity. This product comes with a no success, no fee guarantee. Order now
Debt tracingFinding a tenant who has left a tenancy early is not easy but this product will place you back in touch with a current verified address. No success, no fee. Used by landlords, letting agents, solicitors, companies and local government. Order now
Tenant tracingTracing for purposes such as legal papers, old friends, colleagues and acquaintances. As with all of our trace products, confidentiality is assured and this product is also covered by our no success, no fee guarantee. Order now
ConfidentialWe've made one of our Tracing tools available online
400 million records to search
Tracegenie,
low cost access to unlimited searches of the edited electoral roll.
Pricing - 24 hours access is just £3.50 - search as many times as you want - no need to buy credits
We also own and operate the free service HousepriceGB Give it a try. We publish most of the house sales in England, Wales and Scotland and it's totally free to use with no registration required.
We are the developers of Actius billing & collections software a sophisticated solution to maintain, enhance and optimise customer billing and collection cycles.
We also undertake detailed research on property (and people) history in Scotland. Explore the new features
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