Question follow-through · 13617

Housing: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of residential properties that were bought by non-UK nationals in each of the last 20 years.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
13 Nov 2024
Answer
19 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of residential properties that were bought by non-UK nationals in each of the last 20 years.

  2. 13 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    HM Land Registry (HMLR) registers legal ownership, interests and mortgages against land and property in England and Wales. The Register of Title held by HMLR does not record the nationality of individuals who own land or property.HMLR publishes a dataset ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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