Roland Perry on Thursday, February 03, 2005 at 11:36 AM said:-
> When you are buying a house, and negotiating the deal, it can
> be very handy to have this information, especially if the
> previous owner hasn't been there that long. They often don't
> appreciate having their "profit margin" so easily exposed,
> which is quite easy to do as their market has much stabler
> prices than over here, typically varying between +/- 5%
> inflation a year depending on area, and economic conditions.
The legitimating 'purpose' being an engagement with the owner in purchasing
the property.
Unlike the system described, where if you scale the principle of open access
up, anybody would be able to legitimately write to the land registry
requesting details of all properties where a mortgage was held by 'X' when
that mortgage was issued between specified dates.
Legitimate FOI request; or processing in excess of the delegated powers of
the Land Registry?
Ian W
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> In message <000001c509d5$f9b48ad0$303468d5@ntlworld>, at
> 09:51:41 on Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Ian Welton
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> >Hopefully knowing the value of any mortgage your neighbour may have
> >will not be used in many circles as a power play issue between the
> >individuals concerned.
>
> In the USA you can simply go round to the County Courthouse
> and look up who owns a house and how much they paid. Perhaps
> this is partly because the property tax is like our old
> rates, but based on the value of the house.
>
> When you are buying a house, and negotiating the deal, it can
> be very handy to have this information, especially if the
> previous owner hasn't been there that long. They often don't
> appreciate having their "profit margin" so easily exposed,
> which is quite easy to do as their market has much stabler
> prices than over here, typically varying between +/- 5%
> inflation a year depending on area, and economic conditions.
> --
> Roland Perry
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