Privately Owned Or Council

[lankeela]

Is there any way of finding out if a property is privately owned or is a housing association/council house?

[emmie]

ask the local council they should be able to tell you, even if its private
in other words not on their portfolio, they might ask why you want to know?

[albaqwerty]

Bear with me, I was bored one day and typed the address of one of my neighbours into a well known search engine.

Although the double glazing and front door were as the council had installed them, they had bought their property and I found out a few other things too!

[emmie]

i wasn't bored but really curious and typed in a neighbours property, i knew it was private but not how much they rent it out for, fer crying out loud...

[whistonian]

Do tell ??

[albaqwerty]

if you type in the address of a property and there is no information, then presume it is council (don't know about housing associations)

Whist, I don't think Emmie or I will divulge :-D

[Buenchico]

Assuming that the property is registered with the Land Registry (which the vast majority are) you can download the title register (which will tell you who owns it) for £3:
http://eservices.landregistry.gov.uk/wps/portal/Property_Search

Alternatively, if the property has been sold since 1995 it will be listed (together with the price paid) when you enter the postcode here:
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices/

[emmie]

value on the market for over 600,000 quid, 2 bed property. fer funks sake

[emmie]

i don't know the what they rent it out for, but can only guess.

[murraymints]

what nosy wee sausages you lot are ! lol...