September 2021 Transaction Data

Published By GOV.UK [English], Tue, Oct 26, 2021 4:10 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 September:

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,818,450 applications to change or query the Land Register

the South East topped the table of regional applications with 424,401

HM Land Registry completed 1,818,473 applications in September compared with 1,659,680 in August and 1,704,591 last September 2020, of which:

327,628 were applications for register updates compared with 295,540 in August

937,950 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 886,226 in August

286,641 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 224,582 in August

15,810 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 15,465 in August

Applications by region and country

Region/country

July applications

August applications

September applications

South East

419,988

383,237

424,401

Greater London

323,772

292,204

321,826

North West

205,529

196,939

209,155

South West

179,015

162,228

178,351

West Midlands

152,818

141,022

154,365

Yorkshire and the Humber

141,689

133,245

145,006

East Midlands

130,392

119,935

134,926

North

88,118

83,033

87,555

East Anglia

76,628

70,143

76,534

Isles of Scilly

68

47

56

Wales

83,927

77,548

86,209

England and Wales (not assigned)

93

99

89

Total

1,802,037

1,659,680

1,818,473

Top 5 local authority areas

September 2021 applications

Top 5 local authority areas

September applications

Birmingham

26,151

Leeds

22,110

City of Westminster

21,377

Cornwall

18,919

Buckinghamshire

18,803

August 2021 applications

Top 5 local authority areas

August applications

Birmingham

24,853

Leeds

19,956

City of Westminster

18,865

Cornwall

17,585

Buckinghamshire

16,215

Top 5 customers

September 2021 applications

Top 5 customers

September applications

Infotrack Limited

117,399

Enact

43,548

O’Neill Patient

31,542

Optima Legal Services

29,582

My Home Move Limited

21,997

August 2021 applications

Top 5 customers

August applications

Infotrack Limited

105,872

Enact

38,374

O’Neill Patient

26,291

Optima Legal Services

21,796

TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice)

21,751

Access the data

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

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

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