Honest writing on sourcing property from the public record.
Practical pieces on finding distressed and off-market commercial owners using official, licensed open data. No financial advice, no guarantees - just how to read what the registers actually say.
UK Property Distress Index - May 2026: the baseline issue
Issue #1 of our free monthly index of legal distress on UK property-owning companies: 4,504,327 HM Land Registry titles now under daily monitoring, and 127 winding-up petitions captured in the Gazette feed's first six days live. An honest baseline - no fake zeros.
How to find distressed and off-market commercial property owners in England & Wales
A practical, honest walkthrough of using HM Land Registry, Companies House, The Gazette and Ordnance Survey to find commercial property owners under genuine pressure - without scraping or grey-area lists.
What an LPA receiver appointment tells you about a motivated seller
LPA receiverships are one of the clearest dated signals in commercial property. This piece explains what an LPA receiver is, what motivation actually means in that context, and how to approach the counterparty without overclaiming.
Sourcing property leads from public data: HM Land Registry, Companies House and The Gazette
A grounded look at the three public registers that already power most professional property sourcing in England & Wales - what each one holds, how they connect, and what they honestly can and cannot tell you.