January 2018 Transaction Data from HM Land Registry
HM Land Registry completed more than 1,782,080 applications to change or query the Land Register, while the South East topped the table of regional applications with 403,526.
HM Land Registry completed 1,782,088 applications in January compared with 1,266,641 in December and 1,563,358 last January, of which:
- 462,352 were applications to update existing titles compared with 319,721 in December; 825,613 were applications to obtain an official copy of a register compared with 551,427 in December;
- 211,393 were official searches compared with 197,327 in December; and
- 26,002 were postal applications from non-account holders, compared with 26,377 in December.
Applications by region and country
| Region/country | November applications | December applications | January applications |
| South East | 408,756 | 287,649 | 403,526 |
| Greater London | 339,086 | 250,636 | 339,286 |
| North West | 200,475 | 139,168 | 222,150 |
| South West | 173,351 | 124,681 | 173,058 |
| West Midlands | 152,816 | 107,079 | 150,292 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 135,373 | 98,017 | 139,207 |
| East Midlands | 125,846 | 90,239 | 122,812 |
| Wales | 82,646 | 58,854 | 80,315 |
| North | 81,197 | 56,648 | 77,912 |
| East Anglia | 74,499 | 53,549 | 73,345 |
| Isles of Scilly | 92 | 79 | 110 |
| England and Wales (not assigned) | 86 | 42 | 75 |
| Total | 1,774,223 | 1,266,641 | 1,782,088 |
Top five local authority areas
| Top five
local authority areas |
November
applications |
December
applications |
January
applications |
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| Birmingham | 27,715 | Birmingham | 19,714 | Birmingham | 27,561 | |
| City of Westminster | 23,565 | City of Westminster | 17,977 | City of Westminster | 25,488 | |
| Leeds | 20,137 | Leeds | 14,262 | Leeds | 20,256 | |
| Cornwall | 18,823 | Manchester | 13,384 | Manchester | 19,350 | |
| Manchester | 18,542 | Cornwall | 13,332 | Cornwall | 18,367 | |
Top five customers
| Top five
customers |
November
applications |
December
applications |
January
applications |
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| Enact | 49,360 | Enact | 36,313 | Enact | 50,327 | |
| Optima
Legal Services |
25,532 | Optima Legal Services | 19,826 | Nationwide Building Society | 31,589 | |
| O’Neill Patient | 24,260 | O’Neill Patient | 19,764 | Optima Legal Services | 27,284 | |
| TM Group (UK) Ltd | 19,701 | HBOS PLC | 16,649 | O’Neill Patient | 26,073 | |
| HBOS
PLC
|
19,315 | TM Group (UK) Ltd | 16,444 | My Home Move Limited | 19,103 | |
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