HM Land Registry estimated completion timeframes
Completion timeframes for HM Land Registry applications.
- From:
- HM Land Registry
- Published
- 16 November 2022
- Last updated
- 7 November 2025 — See all updates
Applies to England and Wales
The estimated completion date is our current estimate of when 90% of cases of this type willare completed. haveThis beenis completed.provided due to customers wanting to know when their applications are likely to be done (specifically requesting a ‘worst case’ estimate). However, customer experience can vary as reflected by the timeframes below. For operational reasons we may process the application sooner.
Timeframes
Ownership,Last updated: 6 November 2025
Changes to existing registered titles
Routine ownership (for example, buying a property), mortgage and other changes to existing registrationsregistered titles
Your application will be completed by:within:
| Earliest | 1 day | |
|---|---|---|
| 35 to |
||
| Almost all | 4 to 6 months |
Standard changes to existing registered titles
Your application will be completed within:
| Earliest | 1 day | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 to |
||
| Almost all |
TransfersComplex changes to existing registered titles
Your application will be completed within:
| Earliest | 1 day |
|---|---|
| Average | 10 to 12 months |
| Almost all | 13 to 15 months |
Note: these processing times exclude automated updates to existing registers, most of partwhich are completed immediately. Examples of athese propertyinclude electronic discharge of mortgages and applications to register electronic restrictions
Registering purchases of plots on new leasesdevelopments
Your application will be completed by:within:
| Earliest | 4 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Average | |||
| Almost all |
NewRegistering housingpurchases registrationsof withpart priorof estatea planregistered approvalsproperty that is not a new development
Your application will be completed by:within:
| Earliest | 10 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Average | |||
| Almost all |
Registering a property for the first time
Your application will be completed by:within:
| Earliest | 4 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Average | |||
| Almost all |
Request an expedite
If you orneed your client needs us to process thean application quicker,sooner, please please request anthat expeditionwe expedite. (fast track) it.
You can apply to expedite if the delay would:
- cause legal, financial or personal problems not related to a land transaction
- put a property transaction at risk, such as a refinancing deal or development
If there is no urgency and the estimated completion date has passed, please berest assured that your applicationlegal isrights regarding the property are protected andin verythe importantLand toRegister us.the moment we receive the application, not from the day it is registered. We will contact you as soon as wethere areis able.an update.
Updates to this page
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Figures updated to reflect October 2025 figures.
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First published.