Cost of registering land sales 'too high'

People who register property and land sales with Land Registers Northern Ireland (LNRI) are paying too much for the service provided, according to an Audit Office report published today.

A multi-million pound deal made by LRNI in 1999 for BT to computerise its operations had been highly successful and delivered substantial improvements but had failed to deliver one of its key objectives – significant reductions in the fees charged, according to the report.