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Property Rights, boundaries and legal transactions: musings on the Land Registry and some of the challenges it faces

January 1, 2015 /

XIX General Assembly of the European Land Registry Asociation –ELRA-. Barcelona, Spain, may 16th 2014.

Creating boundaries: the (un)limited possibilities measured

January 1, 2015 /

In this contribution, the difference between physical, legal, and cadastral boundaries will be explained. Afterwards, the introduction of provisional cadastral boundaries will be discussed in greater detail.

Land Registrar’s status in Europe

January 1, 2015 /

Land registrars are a kind of “rara avis” in the field of legal profession. There are not so many land registrars as expected, but when they show up people are surprised. Why? Land registry is a narrow domain sometimes shadowed by more visible legal aspects.

CROBECO: a future-proof system to support cross-border conveyancing

January 1, 2015 /

From 2010 to 2014 the European Land Registry Association (ELRA) carried out two projects to develop a simple conveyancing process for the purchase of foreign real estate that provides confidence in sufficient legal protection.

The Mortgage Register of the Republic of Lithuania after 1 July 2012. The results of the mortgage reform

January 1, 2015 /

Central Mortgage Office of Lithuania Objects of the Mortgage Register of the Republic of Lithuania: contractual mortgages and pledges Contractual mortgages (pledges) are agreements of the contractors to mortgage (pledge) immovable or movable property or property rights or unilateral application of the owner of the immovable/movable property or property rights to mortgage (pledge) it legal […]

Buying and Owning Property in Europe

January 1, 2015 /

As we all know, the purpose of the European Union is to facilitate the free movement of people, goods, services and capital.

The present Landscape of Land Registration in Greece

January 1, 2015 /

Land Registries constitute the authority responsible for land registration in Greece. Land Registries were created in in 1853, shortly after the formation of the in 1830. They are and always have been considered as a judicial institution and, therefore, they fall under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice.

Impersonal Transactions and Registries of Property Rights

January 1, 2015 /

Director of International Relations. Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad y Mercantiles de España (Public Corporation of Property Rights and Business Registrars of Spain).

XX ELRA General Assembly

December 2, 2014 /

Hosted by HM Land Registry of England and Wales, the XX ELRA General Assembly took place in London on Tuesday, 2nd December 2014.

Closing CROBECO II conference: London, December 2014

December 1, 2014 /

A system aimed at facilitating property conveyancing across the European Union (EU) has been successfully developed by the CROBECO (Cross Border e-Conveyancing) project to:

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