HM Land Registry: September 2019 Transaction Data

The September 2019 Transaction Data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in the month.

In September:
  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,709,120 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 387,778
HM Land Registry completed 1,709,126 applications in September compared with 1,706,827 in August and 1,648,666 last September, of which:
  • 331,200 were applications for register updates compared with 339,5839 in August
  • 878,321 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 885,154 in August
  • 226,243 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 215,336 in August
  • 19,042 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 18,284 in August

Applications by region and country

Region/country July applications August applications September applications
South East 437,867 395,716 387,778
Greater London 349,605 316,939 318,300
North West 220,424 196,381 194,171
South West 182,925 164,696 162,681
West Midlands 169,363 146,051 153,930
Yorkshire and the Humber 147,593 133,111 135,492
East Midlands 134,194 122,250 123,391
North 88,654 80,077 80,659
East Anglia 78,143 70,919 69,850
Isles of Scilly 62 47 39
Wales 89,375 80,560 82,754
England and Wales (not assigned) 78 80 81
Total 1,898,283 1,706,827 1,709,126

 

Top 5 local authority areas

Top 5 Local authority areas July applications Top 5 Local authority areas August applications Top 5 Local authority areas September applications
Birmingham 28,964 Birmingham 25,837 Birmingham 26,240
City of Westminster 24,100 City of Westminster 23,128 City of Westminster 21,591
Leeds 22,097 Leeds 20,480 Leeds 20,085
Manchester 19,642 Cornwall 17,431 Cornwall 17,127
Cornwall 19,010 Manchester 17,090 Manchester 16,350

 

Top 5 customers

Top 5 Customers July applications Top 5 customers August applications Top 5 customers September applications
Infotrack Limited 59,675 Enact 50,273 Infotrack Limited 54,412
Enact 53,372 Infotrack Limited 48,655 Enact 51,421
O’Neill Patient 26,849 O’Neill Patient 26,159 TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 28,869
Optima Legal Services 24,422 TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 21,361 O’Neill Patient 27,339
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 21,309 Optima Legal Services 21,253 Optima Legal Services 21,524

 

Access the full dataset on data.gov.uk

Next publication

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The October data will be published at 11am on Thursday 21 November 2019.

 

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