Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered overseas has soared.
The Centre for Public Data says that while official data on titles in England and Wales registered to companies based overseas has been published since 2017, there is no equivalent official data for titles registered to individuals based overseas.
Via FOI requests to HM Land Registry, the centre has produced new and possibly highly surprising figures on the scale of overseas ownership.
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