England and Wales January 2020 Transaction Data from HM Land Registry
The January 2020 Transaction Data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in January 2020.
In January:
- HM Land Registry completed more than 1,838,830 applications to change or query the Land Register
- the South East topped the table of regional applications with 424,390
- HM Land Registry completed 1,838,833 applications in January compared with 1,375,682 in December and 1,797,037 last January, of which:
- 378,672 were applications for register updates compared with 310,299 in December
- 961,842 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 652,772 in December
- 217,323 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 207,679 in December
- 21,940 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 17,402 in December
Applications by region and country
| Region/country | November applications | December applications | January applications |
| South East | 404,786 | 313,823 | 424,390 |
| Greater London | 345,170 | 256,620 | 349,183 |
| North West | 206,020 | 156,919 | 212,480 |
| South West | 168,039 | 133,325 | 172,851 |
| West Midlands | 149,859 | 120,093 | 156,965 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 138,165 | 110,777 | 143,650 |
| East Midlands | 124,538 | 100,028 | 132,390 |
| North | 81,318 | 64,881 | 88,245 |
| East Anglia | 72,626 | 56,073 | 75,804 |
| Isles of Scilly | 52 | 97 | 39 |
| Wales | 81,224 | 62,968 | 82,752 |
| England and Wales (not assigned) | 87 | 78 | 84 |
| Total | 1,771,884 | 1,375,682 | 1,838,833 |
Top 5 local authority areas
| Top 5 local authority areas | November applications | Top 5 local authority areas | December applications | Top 5 local authority areas | January applications |
| Birmingham | 26,875 | Birmingham | 20,979 | Birmingham | 27,664 |
| City of Westminster | 23,596 | City of Westminster | 18,088 | City of Westminster | 24,777 |
| Leeds | 21,303 | Leeds | 16,802 | Leeds | 21,771 |
| Cornwall | 17,648 | Cornwall | 14,106 | Manchester | 19,006 |
| Manchester | 16,777 | Manchester | 13,030 | Cornwall | 18,243 |
Top 5 customers
| Top 5 customers | November applications | Top 5 customers | December applications | Top 5 customers | January applications |
| Infotrack Limited | 56,765 | Enact | 43,278 | Infotrack Limited | 60,745 |
| Enact | 54,094 | Infotrack Limited | 42,603 | Enact | 57,323 |
| O’Neill Patient | 31,687 | O’Neill Patient | 28,990 | O’Neill Patient | 37,864 |
| WSP Management Services Ltd | 23,169 | Optima Legal Services | 20,178 | Optima Legal Services | 24,113 |
| Optima Legal Services | 21,467 | HBOS PLC Bank | 16,755 | My Home Move Limited | 21,498 |
You can download the:
- number of applications in England and Wales divided by local authorities (CSV, 20 KB)
- number of applications in England and Wales divided by region (CSV, 2 KB)
- number and types of transactions for value by all account customers (CSV, 130 KB)
- number and types of applications by all account customers (CSV, 546 KB)
- number of searches by all account customers (CSV, 136 KB)
- Access the full dataset on data.gov.uk
Next publication
Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The February data will be published at 11am on Friday 20 March 2020.
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