Danielle Screen

The ‘registration gap’ is the time between the completion of a property transaction and the transaction being registered at H M Land Registry. This gap in time means that the title entries at the Land Registry will not show the “up to date” ownership position.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic the time between completion and registration have been getting increasingly longer meaning that the ‘registration gap’ is leading to an increasing number of issues for clients.

Since 1^st April 2018 Commercial Landlords have only been permitted to grant a new tenancy or extend or renew an existing tenancy if the property had a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of an E rating, unless a valid exemption is registered.