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This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in May 2020.
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 May:
- HM Land Registry completed 934,380 applications to change or query the Land Register
- the South East topped the table of regional applications with 207,028
HM Land Registry completed 934,380 applications in May compared with 865,970 in April and 1,732,280 last May 2019, of which:
- 170,249 were applications for register updates compared with 56,950 in April
- 511,354 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 531,638 in April
- 122,626 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 141,626 in April
- 9,504 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 2,330 in April
Applications by region and country
| Region/country | March applications | April applications | May applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East | 367,175 | 207,028 | 218,337 |
| Greater London | 295,595 | 169,837 | 186,442 |
| North West | 184,461 | 99,425 | 103,848 |
| South West | 151,389 | 79,731 | 86,804 |
| West Midlands | 134,232 | 70,638 | 77,657 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 123,430 | 64,669 | 72,103 |
| East Midlands | 116,088 | 62,833 | 66,259 |
| North | 77,673 | 36,845 | 43,951 |
| East Anglia | 65,199 | 37,578 | 38,189 |
| Isles of Scilly | 42 | 20 | 23 |
| Wales | 68,907 | 37,328 | 40,735 |
| England and Wales (not assigned) | 82 | 38 | 32 |
| Total | 1,584,273 | 865,970 | 934,380 |
Top 5 local authority areas
| Top 5 local authority areas | March applications | Top 5 local authority areas | April applications | Top 5 local authority areas | May applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 24,469 | City of Westminster | 13,467 | City of Westminster | 14,252 |
| City of Westminster | 22,027 | Birmingham | 12,657 | Birmingham | 14,002 |
| Manchester | 18,693 | Leeds | 10,168 | Leeds | 10,811 |
| Leeds | 18,229 | Manchester | 9,268 | Cornwall | 9,223 |
| Cornwall | 15,787 | Cornwall | 7,872 | Wandsworth | 8,716 |
Top 5 customers
| Top 5 customers | March applications | Top 5 customers | April applications | Top 5 customers | May applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infotrack Limited | 65,764 | Infotrack Limited | 35,427 | Enact | 39,424 |
| Enact | 50,955 | Enact | 30,347 | Infotrack Limited | 30,487 |
| O’Neill Patient | 35,297 | O’Neill Patient | 21,274 | O’Neill Patient | 20,092 |
| Optima Legal Services | 26,135 | Optima Legal Services | 13,954 | Optima Legal Services | 13,632 |
| TM Group (UK) LTD Search Choice) | 20,444 | Legal & General Surveying Serv LTD | 11,704 | Land Technologies Ltd | 10,339 |
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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The June data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 21 July 2020.
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