Time required to register property rose 0% to 21.5 days in the United Kingdom in 2018, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time required to register property in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 41.5 days in 2008 and an all time low of 21.5 days in 2014. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, time required to register property in Belgium amounted to 56.0 days, 42.0 days in France, 52.0 days in Germany and 31.5 days in Ireland in 2018.
United Kingdom has been ranked 112th within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of time required to register property, 21 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Time Required to Register Property | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Austria | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | |||||||||||
Belgium | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64.0 | 64.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 | |||||||||||
Canada | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | |||||||||||
France | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 74.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | |||||||||||
Germany | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | |||||||||||
Iceland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | |||||||||||
Ireland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | |||||||||||
Italy | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | |||||||||||
Luxembourg | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | |||||||||
Netherlands | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | |||||||||||
Poland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | |||||||||||
Spain | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | |||||||||||
United Kingdom | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 |