August 2019 Transaction Data
20 Sep 2019 01:36 PM
This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in August 2019.
In August:
- HM Land Registry completed more than 1,706,820 applications to change or query the Land Register
- the South East topped the table of regional applications with 395,716
HM Land Registry completed 1,706,827 applications in August compared with 1,898,283 in July and 1,746,974 last August, of which:
- 339,583 were applications for register updates compared with 364,709 in July
- 885,154 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 998,656 in July
- 215,336 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 229,294 in July
- 18,284 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 19,471 in July
Applications by region and country
| Region/country |
June applications |
July applications |
August applications |
| South East |
374,229 |
437,867 |
395,716 |
| Greater London |
321,774 |
349,605 |
316,939 |
| North West |
194,062 |
220,424 |
196,381 |
| South West |
160,310 |
182,925 |
164,696 |
| West Midlands |
140,325 |
169,363 |
146,051 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber |
131,021 |
147,593 |
133,111 |
| East Midlands |
118,557 |
134,194 |
122,250 |
| North |
77,136 |
88,654 |
80,077 |
| East Anglia |
67,536 |
78,143 |
70,919 |
| Isles of Scilly |
43 |
62 |
47 |
| Wales |
77,750 |
89,375 |
80,560 |
| England and Wales (not assigned) |
83 |
78 |
80 |
| Total |
1,662,826 |
1,898,283 |
1,706,827 |
Top 5 local authority areas
| Top 5 Local authority areas |
June applications |
Top 5 Local authority areas |
July applications |
Top 5 Local authority areas |
August applications |
| Birmingham |
25,418 |
Birmingham |
28,964 |
Birmingham |
25,837 |
| City of Westminster |
21,935 |
City of Westminster |
24,100 |
City of Westminster |
23,128 |
| Leeds |
20,243 |
Leeds |
22,097 |
Leeds |
20,480 |
| Manchester |
18,168 |
Manchester |
19,642 |
Cornwall |
17,431 |
| Cornwall |
16,673 |
Cornwall |
19,010 |
Manchester |
17,090 |
Top 5 customers
| Top 5 customers |
June applications |
Top 5 Customers |
July applications |
Top 5 customers |
August applications |
| Enact |
45,886 |
Infotrack Limited |
59,675 |
Enact |
50,273 |
| Infotrack Limited |
45,347 |
Enact |
53,372 |
Infotrack Limited |
48,655 |
| O’Neill Patient |
22,915 |
O’Neill Patient |
26,849 |
O’Neill Patient |
26,159 |
| WSP Management Services Ltd |
22,000 |
Optima Legal Services |
24,422 |
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) |
21,361 |
| Optima Legal Services |
21,029 |
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) |
21,309 |
Optima Legal Services |
21,253 |
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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The September data will be published at 11am on Monday 21 October 2019.