Ownership and legal risk

Check the legal-risk questions before your solicitor starts billing

MyPropertyScan does not certify title or replace conveyancing. It gives you a buyer-ready briefing: tenure, leasehold prompts, listed status, conservation area context and the search questions worth raising before exchange.

Last updated: 29 September 2026.

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Short answer

Use the report to spot legal-risk prompts early. Use your conveyancer to verify the current title, lease, restrictions, searches, planning history and seller replies.

What the report checks

Tenure and title structure

Freehold, leasehold and share-of-freehold structures affect lender appetite, service charges, lease extensions and solicitor workload.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and property-type inference
Limit: Price Paid Data is not the live title register. It can show the tenure recorded on a sale, but your conveyancer must confirm the current title.

Leasehold risk prompts

Lease length, ground rent, service charge history and major works can change affordability and mortgageability.

Source: Tenure signal, property type and buyer checklist rules
Limit: The report does not retrieve the lease document or management pack.

Listed building status

Listed-building consent can be needed for internal and external works, and missing consent can become a legal problem.

Source: Historic England NHLE where available
Limit: Heritage coverage differs by UK nation and address matching can fail, so confirm with the relevant register and council.

Conservation area

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions can restrict windows, doors, materials, extensions and external changes.

Source: Local-authority conservation data where available
Limit: Local planning authority records remain the source to verify before exchange.

Search and enquiry prompts

Environmental, local-authority and title enquiries are easier to scope when the buyer already knows which public signals are worth checking.

Source: Flood, subsidence, EPC, council tax, building age and local datasets
Limit: This is a pre-offer prompt list, not an official local search pack.

What to ask your conveyancer

Confirm the current registered owner, title number, tenure and whether the address matches the title plan.
If leasehold, confirm lease years remaining, ground rent, service charges, major works and management-pack issues.
Check restrictions, covenants, rights of way, planning permissions, building-control certificates and listed-building consent.
Raise flood, subsidence, contaminated-land or insurance signals in environmental searches and seller enquiries.

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FAQs

Does MyPropertyScan prove who owns a property?

No. MyPropertyScan does not publish owner names and does not certify title. It surfaces buyer-relevant ownership and legal-risk prompts so your conveyancer knows what to verify.

What ownership data does the report use?

Where available, the report uses Land Registry-linked price-paid tenure signals, property type, EPC/council-tax context, listed-building data and conservation-area data.

Is this a replacement for conveyancing searches?

No. It is a pre-offer screen and briefing tool. Your conveyancer still needs to check the current title, lease, local authority searches, environmental searches and seller replies.

Can it help with leasehold risk?

Yes. The report flags leasehold or share-of-freehold prompts where the data supports it, then tells you what to ask about lease length, ground rent, service charges and major works.

How MyPropertyScan produces this guide, and what it is not

Published by MyPropertyScan and written by Ziad Nasr, who is accountable for its accuracy. No page here is written or reviewed by a chartered surveyor, conveyancer or regulated adviser, and we do not claim otherwise.

This page is not:

Chartered surveying: we do not inspect properties or produce RICS Home Survey reports
Legal advice: we do not act as conveyancers or advise on title, tenure or contracts
Mortgage or insurance advice: we are not regulated by the FCA and give no recommendations

Figures and process steps come from published UK datasets and standards, not from professional practice. Pages are updated when source coverage, survey cost assumptions, or lender and legal requirements materially change. Dataset limitations are set out on the methodology page.

Spotted something out of date or wrong? Email [email protected] and we will correct it and change the update date.

General information only. Not legal, mortgage, insurance, tax or surveying advice. Verify all title and search matters with your conveyancer before exchange.