January 2022 Transaction Data

Published By GOV.UK [English], Mon, Feb 21, 2022 5:00 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 January:

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,771,690 applications to change or query the Land Register

the South East topped the table of regional applications with 417,879

HM Land Registry completed 1,771,694 applications in January compared with 1,480,815 in December and 1,635,591 last January 2021, of which:

356,294 were applications for register updates compared with 338,689 in December

938,752 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 691,482 in December

222,734 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 228,687 in December

15,335 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 13,528 in December

Applications by region and country

Region/country

November applications

December applications

January applications

South East

424,106

342,488

417,879

Greater London

339,450

273,030

322,350

North West

210,391

167,717

199,888

South West

179,377

146,922

172,166

West Midlands

153,843

123,723

149,113

Yorkshire and the Humber

145,836

116,586

137,147

East Midlands

133,801

108,948

128,132

North

89,629

71,029

86,516

East Anglia

79,696

63,055

78,782

Isles of Scilly

42

43

50

Wales

84,468

67,212

79,621

England and Wales (not assigned)

81

62

50

Total

1,840,720

1,480,815

1,771,694

Top 5 local authority areas

January 2022 applications

Top 5 local authority areas

January applications

Birmingham

26,270

City of Westminster

22,501

Leeds

19,759

Cornwall

18,649

Buckinghamshire

18,257

December 2021 applications

Top 5 local authority areas

December applications

Birmingham

21,365

City of Westminster

17,224

Leeds

16,722

Cornwall

15,811

Buckinghamshire

15,453

Top 5 customers

January 2022 applications

Top 5 customers

January applications

Infotrack Limited

109,721

Enact

43,516

O’Neill Patient

27,651

Land Technologies Ltd

24,237

Optima Legal Services

21,512

December 2021 applications

Top 5 customers

December applications

Infotrack Limited

91,087

Enact

38,235

O’Neill Patient

27,347

Optima Legal Services

23,872

Devonshires

23,251

Access the full dataset on our Use land and property data service.

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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The February data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 22 March 2022.

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