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API integration · HM Land Registry

Land Registry API integration

HM Land Registry data built into your case management system or platform. Title registers, ownership checks, charges and sold prices, looked up automatically instead of by hand in the portal. Quoted up front, and you own the code.

  • From £1,295, agreed before any work
  • Business Gateway or free Price Paid data
  • A timestamped record of every lookup

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Prices

Every project is different, so these are starting prices. You get a written quote before any work starts, then 50% to begin and 50% when you're happy with it.

Price Paid lookup

Sold prices by address or postcode

From

£1,295about 1 week

  • Price Paid data in your platform
  • Lookup by address or postcode
  • Price, date, property type and tenure
  • Handling for addresses with no sales
  • Technical handover document
Get a quote for Price Paid lookup
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Business Gateway

Title registers and charges in your case system

From

£2,495about 2 weeks

  • Business Gateway credentials handled securely
  • Title register and ownership checks
  • Registered charges and restrictions
  • Official copies retrieved and filed
  • Caching to keep search fees down
  • Timestamped log of every lookup
Get a quote for Business Gateway

Full property data

Everything, plus monitoring of your properties

From

£3,795about 3 weeks

  • Everything in Business Gateway
  • Price Paid sale history
  • Title plan retrieval
  • Scheduled checks on a watch list
  • Alerts on new charges, transfers and restrictions
Get a quote for Full property data

Retainer

Optional, once the integration is live

From

£75per month

  • API monitoring
  • Credential maintenance
  • Updates if HM Land Registry changes the API
  • Minor bug fixes
  • New features quoted separately
Get a quote for Retainer

Two ways to get Land Registry data

  • Business Gateway HM Land Registry's professional API for title registers, ownership checks, charges, official copies and title plans. It charges per search and is open to conveyancers, solicitors, lenders and other property professionals. See Business Gateway vs the free data.
  • Price Paid data A free, open dataset of residential sales in England and Wales since 1995, with no registration needed. Estate agents, valuation tools and PropTech platforms use it for sold prices and comparables. See using Price Paid data.

Conveyancing and lending usually need Business Gateway. Estate agents and property platforms often only need Price Paid. Tell me what you're trying to do and I'll say which fits before you pay anything.

Who it's for

  • Conveyancers and property solicitors Title registers pulled when you're instructed, ownership and charges written into your case management system, and official copies ordered and filed automatically. See Land Registry automation for conveyancers and automating title register lookups.
  • Lenders and mortgage brokers Ownership and charge checks in your underwriting workflow when a case opens, with a record of what the register showed.
  • Portfolio managers Scheduled checks across your properties that flag a new charge or restriction, with no one checking each title by hand.
  • Estate agents and PropTech Sold prices and comparables for any address or postcode, inside your listings, valuation tool or CRM.
  • Investors and due diligence platforms Ownership, charges and sale history looked up as soon as a property is added to your system.

Why custom

There's no off-the-shelf plugin for HM Land Registry. Business Gateway needs professional credentials, a specific way of logging in and careful control of per-search costs, and every firm's workflow is different. A custom build runs the lookups your process needs, avoids paying for duplicate searches and keeps an auditable record, which regulated firms need anyway.

How it's built

  • Business Gateway, set up properly Business Gateway uses older-style web services with secure certificate-based access and charges for each official search. The integration handles the login, keeps every request and response, and checks whether a recent copy already exists before paying for another search.
  • Price Paid data, understood The Price Paid dataset is updated monthly, and sales appear weeks or months after they complete, because they only show once registered. Results are shown with their dates, so recent-looking comparables aren't mistaken for this month's market.
  • Addresses matched carefully Land Registry addresses don't always match the way your customers or your CRM write them, with flat numbers, house names and new-build addresses being common problems. Matching is built to cope with that, and to flag a near miss rather than guess.
  • Results where you work Title numbers, owners, charges and sale history are saved against the right case, property or contact in your own system, so nobody copies them in from a PDF.

What's included

  • API credentials stored securely on the server, never in the browser
  • Lookups triggered by your workflow, with results saved to the right case or record
  • Clear handling of unregistered titles, missing data and the API being down
  • Caching to avoid repeat searches and repeat fees
  • A handover document, and the code is yours

Not included: Scotland and Northern Ireland, property valuations (Land Registry only holds sale history), planning data, Business Gateway fees, and changes to your system outside the integration.

Payment for Price Paid and Business Gateway builds is 50% to start and the balance on completion. The full property data tier is split 40% to start, 30% at the halfway point and 30% on completion. For what drives the price, read what a Land Registry integration costs.

Try it

The property price checker is a live demo. Search any postcode in England or Wales and see recent sales from the Price Paid data.

How to get a price

Send a short written spec by WhatsApp, text, email or the form: your platform, which data you need and what should trigger the lookup. I'll reply within 24 hours with a quote.

Guides

Questions

Do I need a Business Gateway account?

For title registers, charges and official copies, yes. Most conveyancers, solicitors and lenders already have one. For Price Paid data you don't need an account at all.

What does Business Gateway charge?

HM Land Registry charges your account per search, at a rate that depends on the product. Those fees go straight to them and aren't part of the build price. The integration caches results so you don't pay twice for the same thing.

What does Price Paid data include?

Every residential sale in England and Wales since 1995 that HM Land Registry holds a price for, with the price, date, address, property type, whether it was a new build and the tenure. It's updated monthly and free to use.

Does it cover Scotland and Northern Ireland?

No. HM Land Registry covers England and Wales only. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate registers with their own access routes.

Can it watch properties for changes?

Yes. The full property data tier checks a list of properties on a schedule and alerts you to new charges, ownership transfers or new restrictions.

How long does a build take?

About a week for Price Paid, two weeks for Business Gateway and three weeks for the full property data tier, starting once the quote is agreed and the deposit is paid.

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