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- The Government of Qatar (22,798,973ft2) We all know that some of London’s most iconically “British” locations are mostly owned by Qatar, including Harrods, most of the Shard and Claridges.
- The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (15,533,688ft2) The City of London Corporation is clinging on for dear life to its London spread, which includes 12,000 acres of green space –including Hampstead Heath and Highgate Wood – and Tower Bridge.
- Transport for London (14,642,252ft2) Earlier this year TfL announced it would work with 13 property partners to make money from its substantial land assets in the capital with a plan to develop more than 50 sites over the next decade.
- Aviva Plc (8,235,328ft2) Aviva is the world’s fifth largest insurance group and Aviva Investors is one of Europe’s largest property investment managers, at the helm of circa £23bn of real estate funds.
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Title register
The title register has details about the property or land (in a PDF). It includes: the title number who owns it what they paid for it (properties only, if available) any rights of way whether a mortgage on it has been ‘discharged’, for example paid off
Title summary
The title summary (viewable online) includes: the title number who owns it what they paid for it whether the property is freehold or leasehold (known as ‘tenure’) the lender’s name and address (if there is a mortgage on the property) The lease will have more information if the property is a leasehold.
Title plan
The title plan is a map showing: the property’s location the general boundaries - there’s usually no record of exact boundaries
Ordering official copies
Download and fill in an application for official copies of documents and send it to HM Land Registry with your fee. HM Land Registry Citizen Centre PO Box 74 Gloucester GL14 9BB Your copies will arrive in less than a week.
The title register may give you details about rights over adjoining land. Apply for a copy of the deeds if you need more information.
Title plans only give general boundary information. There’s usually no record of exact boundaries.
For properties registered before 1993
Contact HM Land Registry with the: title number or address of the property date or dates you’re applying for They’ll search their records and tell you if they have a copy, and how to apply for it.
For properties registered after 1993
Download and fill in form HC1. Send the form to HM Land Registry along with £7 for each date you’re applying for. HM Land Registry Citizen Centre PO Box 74 Gloucester GL14 9BB The results of your search will arrive in less than a week. If you do not know the date you’re searching for, contact HM Land Registry.
- Amancio Ortega. Fortune: £35.8bn. Property investments in London: Ortega boasts a £4bn global property empire including a £660m chunk of London real estate.
- Joseph Safra. Fortune: £9.39bn. Property investments in London: Brazilian billionaire Joesph Safra bought the Gherkin last month for a cool £726m. His company also owns buildings in New Bond Street.
- Ernesto & Kirsty Bertarelli & family. Fortune: £9.37bn. Property investments in London: Owners of Cross Tree Real Estate, the Bertarellis’ property portfolio includes three London sites worth £220m – this includes 1-3 Berkeley Street worth £150m and the £83.5m property at 48 Dover Street.
- Henry Cheng Kar-Shun & family. Fortune: £9.3bn. Property investments in London: This Hong Kong family heads the Knight Dragon/New World Development which recently put up for sale the first 200 residential units at its Greenwich Peninsula scheme at prices starting from £250,000.
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