Could your house be sold without your knowledge or consent ?

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Certainly a headline to catch your attention.

Our recent experience drew our attention to this shocking fraud.

My Wife has Lasting Power of Attorney for her elderly Auntie, who is in a care home. My wife has recently sold her Aunties house with the funds obviously going back to Auntie to pay for her care.

Put aside 40 mins to listen to this disturbing program on BBC Sounds

Lasting Power of Attorney fraud
 
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There was a recent news piece on this, where a house belonging to a vicar who was working in a parish a long distance away, was fraudulently sold by a conman in the vicar's absence. The moral of that story seemed to be not to leave any house you own empty for any length of time, or if you rent it out then be sure of your tenant I guess.
 
The response when questioned by the Government 'Office of the Public Guardian' was mind boggling. It seems that title is a huge misnomer ?
 
It seems the Land Registry has not been too clever in some recent cases of fraud.

In theory, all houses should be identified on the main Land Registry database, which includes the history and the current owners details. There is a facility for you to obtain automatic notification of any attempts to access your house's entry. It's called "Property Alert" and the details are here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/property-alert
 
There's already a thread on this, https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/lpa-fraud.732690/
AndrewFlannigan said:
It seems the Land Registry has not been too clever in some recent cases of fraud.

In theory, all houses should be identified on the main Land Registry database, which includes the history and the current owners details. There is a facility for you to obtain automatic notification of any attempts to access your house's entry. It's called "Property Alert" and the details are here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/property-alert
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Properties are only registered when sold, so unless a property has been sold it won't be on the register. Now, for most domestic properties this isn't a problem, but it is a very real problem for houses that form part of a farm, where the property is simply passed on to the next generation when the time comes, and is never registered. Most properties in fact are unregistered.

Back to this issue . . . The system simply doesn't work, it's administered jointly by a government department and the Courts, it isn't and never has been fit for purpose and nobody can hold them to account. Nearly 30 years ago we tried to get a lasting POA for the other half's grandmother. Unfortunately we left it too late because dementia had started to take hold and her doctor couldn't sign her off as competent to understand the issue, so we were left with the "Court of Protection", which was grossly incompetent, very slow and expensive, even in this very simple matter. It seems that nothing has changed.
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
It seems the Land Registry has not been too clever in some recent cases of fraud.

In theory, all houses should be identified on the main Land Registry database, which includes the history and the current owners details. There is a facility for you to obtain automatic notification of any attempts to access your house's entry. It's called "Property Alert" and the details are here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/property-alert
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Meanwhile, the Land Registry have spelled my name incorrectly. It's been about a year and apparently I'll need to visit my solicitor (with the appropriate fee) to correct their mistake.....
 
JonathanRyan said:
Meanwhile, the Land Registry have spelled my name incorrectly. It's been about a year and apparently I'll need to visit my solicitor (with the appropriate fee) to correct their mistake.....
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I am surprised that it is down to you to fix, because your solicitor would have been submitting your details to the LR. I have worked in this field for over thirty years, so I know what I am talking about. Maybe give them a call and say that you are contacting the Solicitor's Regulation Authority for advice - the firm's mistake, you don't pay.

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Well seeing as I live in a local Housing Association Flat, I don't think I need to worry too much about losing my place :D

Unless the HA starts losing money hand over fist and starts selling off all the Flats, which will probably never happen, even Boris Johnson wouldn't be stupid enough to force that on mostly disabled tenants.
 
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