January 2017 Transaction Data

Wednesday 22 Feb 2017 @ 12:10
Land Registry

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that Land Registry completed in January 2017.

In January:

Land Registry completed more than 1,563,350 applications
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 359,984
Birmingham topped the table of applications by local authority area with 24,172

The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed 1,563,358 applications from its customers in January. This included 1,537,352 applications by account holders, of which:

388,076 were applications in respect of registered land (dealings)
733,752 were applications to obtain an official copy of a register or title plan
189,511 were searches
84,247 were transactions for value

Applications by region

Region	Applications
South East	359,984
Greater London	306,729
North West	169,916
South West	153,133
West Midlands	131,670
Yorks and Humber	120,674
East Midlands	110,936
Wales	76,881
North	71,769
East Anglia	61,554
England and Wales (not assigned)	69
Isles of Scilly	43
Total	1,563,358

Top three local authority areas for applications

Top three local authority areas	Applications
Birmingham	24,172
City of Westminster	22,289
Leeds	17,704

Top three customers for transactions for value

Top three customers	Transactions for value
My Home Move Limited	1,705
O’Neill Patient	1,033
Countrywide Property Lawyers	873

Top three customers	Searches
Enact	9,598
O’Neill Patient	6,950
Optima Legal Services	6,321

Notes to editors

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The February Transaction Data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 21 March 2017 at data.gov.uk.
The monthly Transaction Data shows how many applications for first registrations, leases, transfers of part, dealings, official copies and searches lodged by Land Registry account customers were completed. For an explanation of the terms used, see abbreviations used in the Transaction Data.
Transactions for value include freehold and leasehold sales.
Most searches carried out by a solicitor or conveyancer are to protect the purchase and/or mortgage. For example, a search will give the buyer priority for an application to Land Registry to register the purchase of the property.
As a government department established in 1862, executive agency and trading fund responsible to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Land Registry keeps and maintains the Land Register for England and Wales. The Land Register has been open to public inspection since 1990.
With the largest transactional database of its kind detailing more than 24 million titles, Land Registry underpins the economy by safeguarding ownership of many billions of pounds worth of property.
For further information about Land Registry visit www.gov.uk/land-registry.
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