April 2021 Transaction Data
Published By GOV.UK [English], Mon, May 24, 2021 4:00 AM
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 April:
HM Land Registry completed more than 1,760,320 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 420,311
HM Land Registry completed 1,760,322 applications in April compared with 2,081,283 in March and 865,970 last April 2020, of which:
292,611 were applications for register updates compared with 357,085 in March
959,995 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,109,881 in March
215,203 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 295,943 in March
16,871 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 19,655 in March
Applications by region and country
Region/country
February applications
March applications
April applications
South East
404,287
496,222
420,311
Greater London
313,058
383,607
327,723
North West
200,504
234,354
197,145
South West
168,478
204,703
172,216
West Midlands
143,091
173,871
145,539
Yorkshire and the Humber
133,257
161,569
135,405
East Midlands
123,236
151,624
127,348
North
79,172
96,479
81,782
East Anglia
70,958
87,092
73,063
Isles of Scilly
31
86
54
Wales
74,644
91,590
79,622
England and Wales (not assigned)
92
86
114
Total
1,710,808
2,081,283
1,760,322
Top 5 local authority areas
April 2021 applications
Top 5 Local authority areas
April applications
Birmingham
25,144
City of Westminster
21,544
Leeds
20,992
Cornwall
18,957
Buckinghamshire
18,716
March 2021 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
March applications
Birmingham
29,453
City of Westminster
25,810
Leeds
24,856
Buckinghamshire
24,845
Cornwall
23,256
Top 5 customers
April 2021 applications
Top 5 customers
April applications
Infotrack Limited
109,513
Enact
35,607
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice)
29,309
My Home Move Limited
21,747
O’Neill Patient
21,004
March 2021 applications
Top 5 customers
March applications
Infotrack Limited
109,145
Enact
47,241
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice)
34,906
Optima Legal Services
28,034
O’Neill Patient
25,344
Access the full dataset on data.gov.uk
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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The May data will be published at 11am on Monday 21 June 2021.
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