January 2021 Transaction Data

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This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in January 2021.

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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 January:

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,635,591 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 387,517

HM Land Registry completed 1,635,591 applications in January compared with 1,431,694 in December and 1,838,833 last January 2020, of which:

  • 299,991 were applications for register updates compared with 272,475 in December
  • 870,631 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 718,867 in December
  • 204,003 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 221,840 in December

Applications by region and country

Region/country November applications December Applications January Applications
South East 409,245 337,929 387,517
Greater London 314,597 259,272 298,896
North West 191,689 166,638 184,916
South West 170,214 141,011 165,451
West Midlands 143,935 121,054 137,979
Yorkshire and the Humber 135,951 111,242 125,734
East Midlands 122,093 102,151 117,215
North 80,300 67,269 77,101
East Anglia 72,154 61,473 387,517
Isles of Scilly 43 53 60
Wales 69,930 63,541 71,420
England and Wales (not assigned) 86 61 82
Total 1,710,237 1,431,694 1,635,591

Top 5 local authority areas

January 2021 applications

Top 5 Local authority areas January applications
Birmingham 23,223
Cornwall 20,849
City of Westminster 19,594
Leeds 18,684
Buckinghamshire 16,768

December 2020 applications

Top 5 local authority areas December applications
Birmingham 21,069
City of Westminster 17,307
Leeds 17,137
Buckinghamshire 15,282
Cornwall 14,724

Top 5 customers

January 2021 applications

Top 5 Customers January applications
Infotrack Limited 85,460
Enact 37,663
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 21,986
Optima Legal Services 21,269
O’Neill Patient 20,340

December 2020 applications

Top 5 customers December applications
Infotrack Limited 80,703
Enact 32,972
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 24,696
Optima Legal Services 19,316
O’Neill Patient 18,654

Next publication

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The February data will be published at 11am on Friday 19 March 2021.

Published 19 February 2021

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