March 2020 Transaction Data

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This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in March 2020.

In March:

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,584,270 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 367,175

HM Land Registry completed 1,584,273 applications in March compared with 1,780,074 in February and 1,744,141 last March 2019, of which:

256,062 were applications for register updates compared with 337,363 in February
880,501 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 961,901 in February
196,807 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 190,388in February
15,411 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 20,909 in February

Applications by region and country

Region/country	January applications	February applications	March applications
South East	424,390	413,018	367,175
Greater London	349,183	336,448	295,595
North West	212,480	203,913	184,461
South West	172,851	168,719	151,389
West Midlands	156,965	150,978	134,232
Yorkshire and the Humber	143,650	138,435	123,430
East Midlands	132,390	129,431	116,088
North	88,245	85,503	77,673
East Anglia	75,804	72,331	65,199
Isles of Scilly	39	70	42
Wales	82,752	81144	68,907
England and Wales (not assigned)	84	84	82
Total	1,838,833	1,780,074	1,584,273

Top 5 local authority areas	January applications	Top 5 local authority areas	February applications	Top 5 local authority areas	March applications
Birmingham	27,664	Birmingham	27,136	Birmingham	24,469
City of Westminster	24,777	City of Westminster	24,756	City of Westminster	22,027
Leeds	21,771	Leeds	20,901	Manchester	18,693
Manchester	19,006	Manchester	17,383	Leeds	18,229
Cornwall	18,243	Cornwall	17,356	Cornwall	15,787

Top 5 customers	January applications	Top 5 customers	February applications	Top 5 customers	March applications
Infotrack Limited	60,745	Infotrack Limited	63,924	Infotrack Limited	65,764
Enact	57,323	Enact	59,342	Enact	50,955
O’Neill Patient	37,864	O’Neill Patient	37,041	O’Neill Patient	35,297
Optima Legal Services	24,113	Optima Legal Services	23,601	Optima Legal Services	26,135
My Home Move Limited	21,498	The Mortgage Works (UK) plc	22,135	TM Group (UK) LTD (Search Choice)	20,444