Land Registry is reducing its fees by an average of 10% from Monday 22 October.

Information service fees will be cut by £1, scale fees will be cut by £10 and most fixed fees for registration will also be reduced by £10. The fee for the registration of an average priced property in England and Wales (£163,376 in September 2012) will be £190 instead of £200.

In line with the reduction of statutory fees, fees for the following commercial services will also be reduced:

• Data Matching – reduced by £1 per register
• Electronic Extent Data (Polygons) – reduced by £1 per register
• Property Portfolio Consolidator – reduced by £1 per register or plan
• Monitoring services – reduced by £1 per register or plan