{"id":25338,"date":"2023-10-12T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T08:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smh.group\/?p=25338"},"modified":"2023-10-12T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T08:35:01","slug":"free-property-alerts-for-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/free-property-alerts-for-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"Free property alerts for landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Landlords in England and Wales might not be aware, but there is a free property alert service that monitors any significant activity on let property.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is greater risk of a property being fraudulently sold or mortgaged if the landlord lives overseas, the property is empty or if there is no mortgage.<\/p>\n

Signing up for a property alert will not automatically block any changes to the property register, but it will act as a warning when something changes, such as a new mortgage being taken out against the property.<\/p>\n

Although property fraud is rare, HM Land Registry has prevented more than \u00a3100 million of fraud over the past five years.<\/p>\n

Set-up process<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An important first point is that a property can only be monitored if it is already registered with HM Land Registry, which may not be the case if acquired prior to 1990 and not mortgaged since then. A search of English and Welsh property can be made here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

For registered property, it is simply a matter of:<\/strong><\/p>\n