February 2019 Transaction Data
21 Mar 2019 01:50 PM
This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in February 2019.
In February:
- HM Land Registry completed more than 2,008,750 applications to change or query the Land Register
- the South East topped the table of regional applications with 451,646
HM Land Registry completed 2,008,752 applications in February compared with 1,797,037 in January and 1,632,969 last February, of which:
- 323,392 were applications for register updates compared with 398,058 in January
- 1,163,091 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 909,149 in January
- 183,033 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 212,934 in January
- 22,644 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 23,040 in January
Applications by region and country
| Region/country |
December applications |
January applications |
February applications |
| South East |
289,089 |
412,262 |
451,646 |
| Greater London |
230,749 |
338,286 |
388,647 |
| North West |
145,147 |
203,371 |
231,694 |
| South West |
125,765 |
169,585 |
186,573 |
| West Midlands |
109,261 |
156,126 |
175,911 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber |
104,949 |
144,169 |
163,180 |
| East Midlands |
95,112 |
131,926 |
143,610 |
| North |
60,968 |
83,163 |
95,309 |
| East Anglia |
53,130 |
73,402 |
81,378 |
| Isles of Scilly |
69 |
48 |
39 |
| Wales |
59,740 |
84,618 |
90,670 |
| England and Wales (not assigned) |
52 |
81 |
95 |
| Total |
1,274,031 |
1,797,037 |
2,008,752 |
Top 5 local authority areas
| Top 5 Local authority areas |
December applications |
Top 5 Local authority areas |
January applications |
Top 5 Local authority areas |
February applications |
| Birmingham |
20,015 |
Birmingham |
30,192 |
Birmingham |
33,487 |
| City of Westminster |
15,677 |
City of Westminster |
23,156 |
City of Westminster |
30,300 |
| Leeds |
15,669 |
Leeds |
21,625 |
Leeds |
25,250 |
| Cornwall |
13,531 |
Cornwall |
17,981 |
Manchester |
20,697 |
| Manchester |
13,468 |
Manchester |
17,818 |
Cornwall |
19,904 |
Top 5 customers
| Top 5 customers |
December applications |
Top 5 customers |
January applications |
Top 5 customers |
February applications |
| Enact |
39,404 |
Enact |
14,622 |
Enact |
53,870 |
| Infotrack Limited |
25,145 |
Optima Legal services |
8,994 |
Infotrack Limited |
48,464 |
| Optima Legal Services |
21,820 |
O’Neill Patient |
8,153 |
Optima Legal Services |
29,665 |
| O’Neill Patient |
21,302 |
Infotrack Limited |
7,454 |
O’Neill Patient |
27,307 |
| Eversheds Sutherland |
14,877 |
My Home Move Limited |
4,878 |
My Home Move Limited |
21,110 |
Access the full dataset on data.gov.uk
Next publication
Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The March data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 23 April 2019.