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November 2019 Transaction Data

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

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In November:

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,771,880 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 404,786

HM Land Registry completed 1,771,884 applications in November compared with 1,905,543 in October and 1,938,344 last November, of which:

  • 355,399 were applications for register updates compared with 366,994 in October
  • 912,853 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,002,470 in October
  • 226,094 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 235,846 in October
  • 20,835 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 19,840 in October

Applications by region and country

Region/country September applications October applications November applications
South East 387,778 430,303 404,786
Greater London 318,300 347,443 345,170
North West 194,171 227,567 206,020
South West 162,681 181,312 168,039
West Midlands 153,930 168,325 149,859
Yorkshire and the Humber 135,492 152,736 138,165
East Midlands 123,391 138,606 124,538
North 80,659 91,825 81,318
East Anglia 69,850 79,314 72,626
Isles of Scilly 39 53 52
Wales 82,754 87,964 81,224
England and Wales (not assigned) 81 95 87
Total 1,709,126 1,905,543 1,771,884

Top 5 local authority areas

Top 5 local authority areas September applications Top 5 local authority areas October applications Top 5 local authority areas November applications
Birmingham 26,240 Birmingham 29,114 Birmingham 26,875
City of Westminster 21,591 Leeds 23,865 City of Westminster 23,596
Leeds 20,085 City of Westminster 23,722 Leeds 21,303
Cornwall 17,127 Manchester 22,792 Cornwall 17,648
Manchester 16,350 Liverpool 19,602 Manchester 16,777

Top 5 customers

Top 5 customers September applications Top 5 customers October applications Top 5 customers November applications
Infotrack Limited 54,412 Infotrack Limited 59,349 Infotrack Limited 56,765
Enact 51,421 Enact 59,062 Enact 54,094
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 28,869 O’Neill Patient 31,592 O’Neill Patient 31,687
O’Neill Patient 27,339 My Home Move Limited 20,505 WSP Management Services Ltd 23,169
Optima Legal Services 21,524 HBOS PLC Bank 19,669 Optima Legal Services 21,467

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 December data will be published at 11am on Wednesday 22 January 2020.

Updates to this page

Published 20 December 2019