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February 2019 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in February 2019.

In February:

HM Land Registry completed more than 2,008,750 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 451,646

HM Land Registry completed 2,008,752 applications in February compared with 1,797,037 in January and 1,632,969 last February, of which:

323,392 were applications for register updates compared with 398,058 in January
1,163,091 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 909,149 in January
183,033 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 212,934 in January
22,644 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 23,040 in January

Applications by region and country

Region/country	December applications	January applications	February applications
South East	289,089	412,262	451,646
Greater London	230,749	338,286	388,647
North West	145,147	203,371	231,694
South West	125,765	169,585	186,573
West Midlands	109,261	156,126	175,911
Yorkshire and the Humber	104,949	144,169	163,180
East Midlands	95,112	131,926	143,610
North	60,968	83,163	95,309
East Anglia	53,130	73,402	81,378
Isles of Scilly	69	48	39
Wales	59,740	84,618	90,670
England and Wales (not assigned)	52	81	95
Total	1,274,031	1,797,037	2,008,752

Top 5 Local authority areas	December applications	Top 5 Local authority areas	January applications	Top 5 Local authority areas	February applications
Birmingham	20,015	Birmingham	30,192	Birmingham	33,487
City of Westminster	15,677	City of Westminster	23,156	City of Westminster	30,300
Leeds	15,669	Leeds	21,625	Leeds	25,250
Cornwall	13,531	Cornwall	17,981	Manchester	20,697
Manchester	13,468	Manchester	17,818	Cornwall	19,904

Top 5 customers	December applications	Top 5 customers	January applications	Top 5 customers	February applications
Enact	39,404	Enact	14,622	Enact	53,870
Infotrack Limited	25,145	Optima Legal services	8,994	Infotrack Limited	48,464
Optima Legal Services	21,820	O’Neill Patient	8,153	Optima Legal Services	29,665
O’Neill Patient	21,302	Infotrack Limited	7,454	O’Neill Patient	27,307
Eversheds Sutherland	14,877	My Home Move Limited	4,878	My Home Move Limited	21,110

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The March data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 23 April 2019.

Published 21 March 2019