Guide

How to check a property before buying

Before buying an apartment, a house or land, spend ten minutes on a check: encumbrances, flood and noise risks, construction cases, debts, auction status and real prices nearby. All of this, for any property in Latvia, is visible on one map — free of charge.

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What is this

Most unpleasant surprises after a purchase were never secrets — they sat in public registers the whole time, just scattered across ten different websites where no buyer ever looks.

This page is a practical checklist: what to check and where to find it on our map. Every item is one click in the property card or a separate data layer.

📊 Source: Open data of the State Land Service, TAPIS, BIS, the Court Administration and municipalities

The pre-purchase checklist

What to check	Why it matters	Where on the map
Easements and encumbrances	A neighbour's road across the plot or a protection zone restricts use	Property card · encumbrances layer
Real transaction prices	Whether the asking price matches what people actually pay nearby	Transaction layers (State Land Service data)
Flood and noise risks	A flood-prone area or a motorway outside the window	Flood map · noise map
Construction cases	Unfinished construction; what is planned on neighbouring plots	Construction layer · property card
Spatial planning	What may be built on the neighbouring land in the future	Planning layer
Utility debts	Whether debts have accumulated at the address (in Riga)	Debts layer
Auction status	Whether the property has already ended up in a forced auction	Auctions layer
Energy efficiency	Expected heating bills and the fact of renovation	Energy-efficiency layer · property card

Check the owner, mortgages and alienation prohibitions in the Land Register (zemesgrāmata) — the only legally decisive source for ownership. Our map shows the rest of the picture around the property.

How to use

Enter an address or paste an ss.com / city24 listing link into the search box.
Open the property card — encumbrances, value, transactions and risks are in one place.
Go through the checklist — every item is one layer or one card section.
Finally, check the owner and mortgages in the Land Register (zemesgramata.lv).

Frequently Asked Questions / FAQ

Will I see who owns the property?

The name — no: the open cadastre data does not contain it; the map only shows whether the owner is a natural or a legal person. The owner, mortgages and prohibitions are checked in the Land Register.

Can I check an apartment, not only a house or land?

Yes. The building card has the apartment list, transactions in that very building, the energy class, the house file and the fact of renovation — everything the registers know about the building and its apartments.

How do I tell whether the price is too high?

Turn on the transactions layer — it shows the real purchase amounts registered by the State Land Service nearby, not listing prices. The listing card also shows the price history and how long it has been on the market.

Does the map show mortgages and Land Register encumbrances?

Land Register entries — no, those are checked at zemesgramata.lv. The map shows the encumbrances registered in the cadastre (easements, protection zones) and the data of all the other public registers.

Is the check really free?

Yes — everything visible on the map is free and requires no registration.

Check the property before you sign

Enter an address or paste a listing link — encumbrances, risks, transactions and value on one map. Free of charge.