Latest data from the government department reveals the first effects of the crisis in official data.

Outside London and the Home Counties house price rises have hit extraordinary month-on-month highs including 5% in the North and 6.7% in Wales.

Two leading estate agents are part of funding round for Orbital Witness, which is part of Land Registry efforts to reduce time-to-sell from weeks to days.

Promising house price and new homes registration increases have been reported by the Land Registry and NHBC during the run up to Xmas.

A revolutionary, deep-learning algorithm has been developed to identify and uncover more than 1.1m extra residential titles missing from HM Land Registry...

Research boffins at the Office of National Statistics have given the Land Registry house price index their official stamp of approval.

Move to make 'local searches' easier and cheaper follows move by Warwick, which was the first, with a further 17 local authorities folllowing suit this year.

Although prices are holding steady, property sales across the UK have dropped alarmingly over the past year, particularly in London, says the Land Registry.