February 2020 Transaction Data

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This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in February 2020.

In February:

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,780,070 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 413,018

HM Land Registry completed 1,780,074 applications in February compared with 1,838,833 in January and 2,008,752 last February, of which:

337,363 were applications for register updates compared with 378,672 in January
961,901 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 961,842 in January
190,388 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 217,323 in January
20,909 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 21,940 in January

Applications by region and country

Region/country	December applications	January applications	February applications
South East	313,823	424,390	413,018
Greater London	256,620	349,183	336,448
North West	156,919	212,480	203,913
South West	133,325	172,851	168,719
West Midlands	120,093	156,965	150,978
Yorkshire and the Humber	110,777	143,650	138,435
East Midlands	100,028	132,390	129,431
North	64,881	88,245	85,503
East Anglia	56,073	75,804	72,331
Isles of Scilly	97	39	70
Wales	62,968	82,752	81144
England and Wales (not assigned)	78	84	84
Total	1,375,682	1,838,833	1,780,074

Top 5 Local authority areas	December applications	Top 5 Local authority areas	January applications	Top 5 Local authority areas	February applications
Birmingham	20,979	Birmingham	27,664	Birmingham	27,136
City of Westminster	18,088	City of Westminster	24,777	City of Westminster	24,756
Leeds	16,802	Leeds	21,771	Leeds	20,901
Cornwall	14,106	Manchester	19,006	Manchester	17,383
Manchester	13,030	Cornwall	18,243	Cornwall	17,356

Top 5 customers	December applications	Top 5 Customers	January applications	Top 5 Customers	February applications
Enact	43,278	Infotrack Limited	60,745	Infotrack Limited	63,924
Infotrack Limited	42,603	Enact	57,323	Enact	59,342
O鈥橬eill Patient	28,990	O鈥橬eill Patient	37,864	O鈥橬eill Patient	37,041
Optima Legal Services	20,178	Optima Legal Services	24,113	Optima Legal Services	23,601
HBOS PLC Bank	16,755	My Home Move Limited	21,498	皇冠体育app Mortgage Works (UK) plc	22,135

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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. 皇冠体育app March data will be published at 11am on Thursday 23 April 2020.

Published 20 March 2020