April 2018 Transaction Data from HM Land Registry

This transaction data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in April 2018.

In April:
  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,625,090 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 373,677
The transaction data shows HM Land Registry completed 1,625,098 applications in April compared with 1,688,244 in March and 1,386,147 last April, of which:
  • 346,788 were applications for register updates compared with 359,219 in March
  • 804,157 were applications to get an official copy of a register compared with 824,859 in March
  • 196,560 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 211,464 in March
  • 28,161 were postal applications from non-account holders, compared with 26,228 in March

Applications by region and country

Region/country February applications March applications April applications
South East 376,385 384,760 373,677
Greater London 313,340 337,656 314,534
North West 185,253 193,405 184,504
South West 158,433 159,147 159,528
West Midlands 143,338 142,764 140,096
Yorkshire and the Humber 122,513 128,654 121,756
East Midlands 115,725 119,374 115,347
Wales 74,301 76,650 75,111
North 71,772 75,246 73,765
East Anglia 71,764 70,448 66,644
Isles of Scilly 75 79 69
England and Wales (not assigned) 70 61 67
Total 1,632,969 1,688,244 1,625,098

Top 5 local authority areas

Top 5 local authority areas February applications Top 5 local authority areas March applications Top 5 local authority areas April applications
Birmingham 26,256 Birmingham 26,895 Birmingham 25,990
City of Westminster 21,991 City of Westminster 24,562 City of Westminster 22,505
Leeds 18,730 Leeds 19,505 Leeds 18,630
Manchester 16,972 Manchester 17,708 Manchester 16,698
Cornwall 16,606 Cornwall 17,174 Cornwall 16,343

Top 5 customers

Top 5 customers February applications Top 5 customers March applications Top 5 customers April applications
Enact 50,488 Enact 50,160 Enact 48,943
Optima Legal Services 27,904 Optima Legal Services 28,113 Optima Legal Services 26,741
O’Neill Patient 23,851 O’Neill Patient 26,056 O’Neill Patient 25,473
Devonshires 20,684 Infotrack Limited 22,948 Infotrack Limited 24,411
TM Group (UK) Ltd 19,558 TM Group (UK) Ltd 19,320 TM Group (UK) Ltd 18,058

Access the full dataset on data.gov.uk

 

Kindly shared by HM Land Registry