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You can take steps to protect your property from being fraudulently sold or mortgaged.

You鈥檙e more at risk if:

• your identity鈥檚 been stolen
• you rent out your property
• you live overseas
• the property鈥檚 empty
• the property is not mortgaged
• the property is not registered with HM Land Registry

Your property will be registered if you bought it or mortgaged it since 1998 - check the register if you鈥檙e unsure.

You can track changes to the register or put a restriction on your title if you think you鈥檙e at risk.

Track changes to the register

You can if someone applies to change the register of your property, for example if someone tries to use your property for a mortgage.

This will not automatically block any changes to the register but will alert you when something changes so that you can take action.

You can get alerts for up to 10 properties - there鈥檚 no fee.

Put a restriction on your title

You can stop HM Land Registry registering a sale or mortgage on your property unless a conveyancer or solicitor certifies the application was made by you.

Your conveyancer or solicitor may charge you for providing a certificate if one is required by a restriction on your property.

Business owners

Fill in a request for a restriction if you鈥檙e a company owning property.

Send your application to the address on the form - there鈥檚 no fee.

If you do not live at the property

Fill in a request for a restriction for owners not living at the property if you own the property privately - there鈥檚 no fee.

If you live at the property

Fill in an application for a restriction. It costs 拢40.

Send completed forms to the HM Land Registry Citizen Centre.

HM Land Registry will tell you when they add the restriction.

If you鈥檙e a victim of property fraud

Contact the HM Land Registry property fraud team if you think you鈥檙e the victim of property fraud.

You can also:

• get advice from or an independent legal adviser
• report it to