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April 2021 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in April 2021.

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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 April:

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,760,320 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 420,311

HM Land Registry completed 1,760,322 applications in April compared with 2,081,283 in March and 865,970 last April 2020, of which:

  • 292,611 were applications for register updates compared with 357,085 in March
  • 959,995 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,109,881 in March
  • 215,203 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 295,943 in March
  • 16,871 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 19,655 in March

Applications by region and country

Region/country February applications March applications April applications
South East 404,287 496,222 420,311
Greater London 313,058 383,607 327,723
North West 200,504 234,354 197,145
South West 168,478 204,703 172,216
West Midlands 143,091 173,871 145,539
Yorkshire and the Humber 133,257 161,569 135,405
East Midlands 123,236 151,624 127,348
North 79,172 96,479 81,782
East Anglia 70,958 87,092 73,063
Isles of Scilly 31 86 54
Wales 74,644 91,590 79,622
England and Wales (not assigned) 92 86 114
Total 1,710,808 2,081,283 1,760,322

Top 5 local authority areas

April 2021 applications

Top 5 Local authority areas April applications
Birmingham 25,144
City of Westminster 21,544
Leeds 20,992
Cornwall 18,957
Buckinghamshire 18,716

March 2021 applications

Top 5 local authority areas March applications
Birmingham 29,453
City of Westminster 25,810
Leeds 24,856
Buckinghamshire 24,845
Cornwall 23,256

Top 5 customers

April 2021 applications

Top 5 customers April applications
Infotrack Limited 109,513
Enact 35,607
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 29,309
My Home Move Limited 21,747
O’Neill Patient 21,004

March 2021 applications

Top 5 customers March 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

Next publication

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The May data will be published at 11am on Monday 21 June 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 24 May 2021