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
10Average	35 to 3065 days
Average	Almost all	4 to 6 months

Standard changes to existing registered titles

Your application will be completed within:

Earliest	1 day
60Average	9 to 8010 daysmonths
	Almost all	15010 to 18512 daysmonths

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	202	4 daysto 6 months
	Average	4246 daysto 8 months
	Almost all	44812 daysto 14 months

NewRegistering housingpurchases registrationsof withpart priorof estatea planregistered approvalsproperty that is not a new development

Your application will be completed by:within:

	Earliest	210	10 daysto 14 months
	Average	35510 daysto 12 months
	Almost all	38813 daysto 15 months

Registering a property for the first time

Your application will be completed by:within:

	Earliest	275	4 daysto 9 months
	Average	2959 daysto 11 months
	Almost all	30713 daysto 15 months

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.