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How to check who owns a house that is for sale

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  • 31-01-2017 9:57pm
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    kala85
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    How can I check who owns a house that is for sale.


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    L1011
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    Land registry / PRAI


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    irishgeo
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    kala85 wrote: »
    How can I check who owns a house that is for sale.


    https://www.landdirect.ie/index.html

    Proceed as a guest and a small fee will allow you to pay for the folio showing the last owner.


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    kala85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭kala85


    Thanks. Is there a record kept of the searches.

    Also can you see the previous owners of the property.

    Would there be any reason that property would be sold or changed on the land registrar but it wasn't on the property price register.


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    athtrasna
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    Inheritance for starters


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    Lumen
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    PPR entries come from stamp duty returns. No stamp duty, no PPR entry.

    Divorce/separation is another case, I think. Check Revenue site for guidance.


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    kala85
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    Could someone have a property or piece of land registered to an alias.

    Looking at a property and it's registered to an unusual name care of a solicitor.
    Seems to be very unusual.

    What could be going on ??


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    the_syco
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    kala85 wrote: »
    Looking at a property and it's registered to an unusual name care of a solicitor.
    Seems to be very unusual.

    What could be going on ??
    Two things that I can think of; screwing the wife out of the house from an upcoming divorce, or someone with found out that they're getting some disease such as dementia (which they'll no longer be of sound mind to sell at a later time) and have no living relative that they trust.


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    kala85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭kala85


    the_syco wrote: »
    Two things that I can think of; screwing the wife out of the house from an upcoming divorce, or someone with found out that they're getting some disease such as dementia (which they'll no longer be of sound mind to sell at a later time) and have no living relative that they trust.

    Could they be trying to hide the property from revenue or government or stop a bank claiming it from them.

    How can that property ever be sold. Would there be problems with insurance and insuring the property.


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