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July 2019 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in July 2019.

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In July:

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,898,280 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 437,867

HM Land Registry completed 1,898,283 applications in July compared with 1,662,826 in June and 1,794,855 last July, of which:

  • 364,709 were applications for register updates compared with 321,490 in June
  • 998,656 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 870,019 in June
  • 229,294 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 205,027 in June
  • 19,471 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 17,729 in June

Applications by region and country

Region/country May applications June applications July applications
South East 390,642 374,229 437,867
Greater London 318,243 321,774 349,605
North West 203,002 194,062 220,424
South West 164,417 160,310 182,925
West Midlands 155,019 140,325 169,363
Yorkshire and the Humber 138,521 131,021 147,593
East Midlands 125,246 118,557 134,194
North 81,397 77,136 88,654
East Anglia 70,692 67,536 78,143
Isles of Scilly 89 43 62
Wales 84,932 77,750 89,375
England and Wales (not assigned) 80 83 78
Total 1,732,280 1,662,826 1,898,283

Top 5 local authority areas

Top 5 local authority areas May applications Top 5 local authority areas June applications Top 5 local authority areas July applications
Birmingham 27,284 Birmingham 25,418 Birmingham 28,964
City of Westminster 23,530 City of Westminster 21,935 City of Westminster 24,100
Leeds 20,600 Leeds 20,243 Leeds 22,097
Cornwall 17,452 Manchester 18,168 Manchester 19,642
Manchester 17,036 Cornwall 16,673 Cornwall 19,010

Top 5 customers

Top 5 customers May applications Top 5 customers June applications Top 5 customers July applications
Enact 48,609 Enact 45,886 Infotrack Limited 59,675
Infotrack Limited 46,242 Infotrack Limited 45,347 Enact 53,372
O’Neill Patient 24,797 O’Neill Patient 22,915 O’Neill Patient 26,849
Optima Legal Services 24,643 WSP Management Services Ltd 22,000 Optima Legal Services 24,422
My Home Move Limited 19,964 Optima Legal Services 21,029 TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 21,309

Access the full dataset on data.gov.uk

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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The August data will be published at 11am on Friday 20 September 2019.

Updates to this page

Published 21 August 2019