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December 2018 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in December 2018.

In December:

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,274,000 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 289,089

HM Land Registry completed 1,274,031 applications in December compared with 1,938,344 in November and 1,266,641 last December, of which:

306,302 were applications for register updates compared with 388,864 in November
578,979 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,032,036 in November
199,533 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 233,315 in November
18,104 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 23,187 in November

Applications by region and country

Region/country	October applications	November applications	December applications
South East	434,514	442,882	289,089
Greater London	354,278	441,362	230,749
North West	211,584	204,499	145,147
South West	181,198	174,105	125,765
West Midlands	164,722	157,744	109,261
Yorkshire and the Humber	146,736	140,167	104,949
East Midlands	138,230	131,654	95,112
North	88,613	85,231	60,968
East Anglia	78,836	74,312	53,130
Isles of Scilly	68	62	69
Wales	87,888	86,231	59,740
England and Wales (not assigned)	70	95	52
Total	1,886,737	1,938,344	1,274,031

Top 5 local authority areas	October applications	Top 5 Local authority areas	November applications	Top 5 local authority areas	December applications
Birmingham	29,660	Hounslow	71,338	Birmingham	20,015
City of Westminster	27,143	Richmond upon Thames	41,992	City of Westminster	15,677
Leeds	22,448	Birmingham	28,388	Leeds	15,669
Cornwall	18,933	Windsor and Maidenhead	27,253	Cornwall	13,531
Manchester	18,026	City of Westminster	24,887	Manchester	13,468

Top 5 customers	October applications	Top 5 customers	November applications	Top 5 customers	December applications
Enact	58,531	WSP Management Services Ltd	114,339	Enact	39,404
Infotrack Limited	36,857	Enact	52,463	Infotrack Limited	25,145
O’Neill Patient	29,191	Infotrack Limited	36,291	Optima Legal Services	21,820
Optima Legal Services	27,833	SupportaTerraquest	27,451	O’Neill Patient	21,302
HBOS plc	23,019	Optima Legal Services	27,179	Eversheds Sutherland	14,877

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The January data will be published at 11am on Thursday 21 February 2019.

Published 22 January 2019