England and Wales March 2021 Transaction Data from HM Land Registry

The March 2021 Transaction Data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in March 2021.

Please note this data shows what HM Land Registry has been able to process during the time period covered and is not necessarily a reflection of market activity.

In March:
  • HM Land Registry completed more than 2,081,280 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 496,222
HM Land Registry completed 2,081,283 applications in March compared with 1,710,808 in February and 1,584,270 last March 2020, of which:
  • 357,085 were applications for register updates compared with 284,618 in February
  • 1,109,881 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 929,292 in February
  • 295,943 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 226,733 in February
  • 19,655 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 14,368 in February

Applications by region and country

Region/country January applications February applications March applications
South East 387,517 404,287 496,222
Greater London 298,896 313,058 383,607
North West 184,916 200,504 234,354
South West 165,451 168,478 204,703
West Midlands 137,979 143,091 173,871
Yorkshire and the Humber 125,734 133,257 161,569
East Midlands 117,215 123,236 151,624
North 77,101 79,172 96,479
East Anglia 69,220 70,958 87,092
Isles of Scilly 60 31 86
Wales 71,420 74,644 91,590
England and Wales (not assigned) 82 92 86
Total 1,635,591 1,710,808 2,081,283

 

Top 5 local authority areas

March 2021 applications

Birmingham 29,453
City of Westminster 25,810
Leeds 24,856
Buckinghamshire 24,845
Cornwall 23,256

 

February 2021 applications

Birmingham 24,850
City of Westminster 20,999
Cornwall 19,744
Leeds 19,643
Buckinghamshire 18,846

 

Top 5 customers

March 2021 applications

InfoTrack Limited 109,145
Enact 47,241
TM Group (UK) Ltd. (Search Choice) 34,906
Optima Legal Services 28,034
O’Neill Patient 25,344

 

February 2021 applications

InfoTrack Limited 98,827
Enact 38,985
TM Group (UK) Ltd. (Search Choice) 25,649
Optima Legal Services 23,364
O’Neill Patient 21,037

 

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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The April data will be published at 11am on Monday 24 May 2021.

 

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