Near 860,000 property homeowners have now signed as much as HM Land Registry’s free Property Alert Service, in response to new figures obtained by compliance platform Thirdfort.
The info, launched by way of a Freedom of Data request, reveals regular development in take-up because the service launched in 2013. Within the first half of 2025 alone, 60,465 new registrations have been recorded — bringing the entire to 857,432.
The alert system notifies property homeowners of sure exercise on their title, serving to to protect in opposition to property fraud.
Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder and managing director of Thirdfort, stated: “It’s vastly encouraging that extra persons are taking proactive steps to guard themselves from property title fraud. The Property Alert Service is an easy however efficient method of decreasing threat, and this regular development over greater than a decade reveals that consciousness is enhancing.”
Regardless of regular development over the long run, current years have seen a slowdown in new registrations. The very best annual whole up to now was in 2022, with 178,086 sign-ups. Nevertheless, 2023 and 2024 every recorded simply over 100,000 registrations, with 2025 on monitor for the same degree.
Whereas the service continues to develop, general uptake stays low in comparison with the scale of the UK property market. With round 28.6 million households in England and Wales, present registrations cowl roughly 3% of properties. This leaves thousands and thousands of houses—significantly empty, tenanted, or mortgage-free properties, that are most in danger—probably susceptible to fraud.
The Property Alert Service permits homeowners to register as much as 10 properties and obtain e-mail notifications when HM Land Registry processes purposes to alter the register. This early warning system helps proprietors determine suspicious exercise and reply shortly.
Thornton-Berry added: “Fraudsters have gotten extra subtle, and all property homeowners needs to be vigilant. Companies like HM Land Registry’s alerts are a significant line of defence. At Thirdfort, we’re proud to work with over 1,500 conveyancers, property brokers, and legislation companies to assist safeguard society in opposition to fraud.”
| Yr | Registrations |
| 2025 (1 January to 16 July) | 60,465 |
| 2024 | 105,313 |
| 2023 | 108,290 |
| 2022 | 178,086 |
| 2021 | 135,624 |
| 2020 | 46,043 |
| 2019 | 51,809 |
| 2018 | 51,178 |
| 2017 | 61,168 |
| 2016 | 28,424 |
| 2015 | 12,999 |
| 2014 | 16,938 |
| 2013 | 1,095 |
| TOTAL | 857,432 |
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