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June 2020 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in June 2020.

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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 June:

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,431,590 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 335,601

HM Land Registry completed 1,431,598 applications in June compared with 934,380 in May and 1,662,826 last June 2019, of which:

  • 309,329 were applications for register updates compared with 170,249 in May
  • 763,301 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 511,354 in May
  • 160,007 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 122,626 in May
  • 15,665 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 9,504 in May

Applications by region and country

Region/country April applications May applications June applications
South East  207,028 218,337 335,601
Greater London  169,837 186,442 267,940
North West  99,425 103,848 163,854
South West  79,731 86,804 138,215
West Midlands  70,638 77,657 121,146
Yorkshire and the Humber  64,669 72,103 112,525
East Midlands  62,833 66,259 106,257
North  36,845 43,951 68,061
East Anglia 37,578 38,189 60,465
Isles of Scilly  20 23 22
Wales  37,328 40,735 57,440
England and Wales (not assigned)  38 32 72
Total 865,970 934,380 1,431,598

Top 5 local authority areas

Top 5 local authority areas April applications Top 5 local authority areas May applications Top 5 local authority areas June applications
City of Westminster 13,467 City of Westminster 14,252 Birmingham 20,852
Birmingham 12,657 Birmingham 14,002 City of Westminster 20,662
Leeds 10,168 Leeds 10,811 Leeds 17,181
Manchester 9,268 Cornwall 9,223 Manchester 14,305
Cornwall 7,872 Wandsworth 8,716 Cornwall 14,049

Top 5 customers

Top 5 customers April applications Top 5 customers May applications Top 5 customers June applications
Infotrack Limited 35,427 Enact 39,424 Infotrack Limited 58,135
Enact 30,347 Infotrack Limited 30,487 Enact 45,351
O’Neill Patient 21,274 O’Neill Patient 20,092 O’Neill Patient 34,710
Optima Legal Services 13,954 Optima Legal Services 13,632 Optima Legal Services 20,832
Legal & General Surveying Serv Ltd 11,704 Land Technologies Ltd 10,339 My Home Move Limited 19,686

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 July data will be published at 11am on Friday 21 August 2020.

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Published 22 July 2020