October 2018 Transaction Data

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

In October:

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,886,000 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 434,514

HM Land Registry completed 1,886,737 applications in October compared with 1,648,666 in September and 1,740,068 last October, of which:

405,776 were applications for register updates compared with 376,588 in September
947,082 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 788,359 in September
238,784 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 213,568 in September
21,848 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 22,838 in September

Applications by region and country

Region/country	August applications	September applications	October applications
South East	402,692	377,136	434,514
Greater London	327,388	310,343	354,278
North West	196,595	189,484	211,584
South West	173,062	158,954	181,198
West Midlands	149,801	141,033	164,722
Yorkshire and the Humber	135,462	129,227	146,736
East Midlands	125,704	118,340	138,230
North	82,370	76,485	88,613
Wales	81,297	77,032	87,888
East Anglia	72,476	70,494	78,836
Isles of Scilly	52	56	68
England and Wales (not assigned)	75	82	70
Total	1,746,974	1,648,666	1,886,737

Top 5 local authority areas	August applications	Top 5 local authority areas	September applications	Top 5 local authority areas	October applications
Birmingham	26,892	Birmingham	26,138	Birmingham	29,660
City of Westminster	23,912	City of Westminster	23,098	City of Westminster	27,143
Leeds	20,833	Leeds	20,393	Leeds	22,448
Cornwall	18,367	Manchester	17,318	Cornwall	18,933
Manchester	17,578	Cornwall	17,024	Manchester	18,026

Top 5 customers	August applications	Top 5 customers	September applications	Top 5 customers	October applications
Enact	56,544	Enact	50,715	Enact	58,531
Infotrack Limited	30,749	Infotrack Limited	34,155	Infotrack Limited	36,857
O鈥橬eill Patient	27,267	O鈥橬eill Patient	25,931	O鈥橬eill Patient	29,191
Optima Legal Services	24,984	Optima Legal Services	23,915	Optima Legal Services	27,833
Eversheds LLP	20,019	TM Group (UK) Ltd	20,848	HBOS plc	23,019

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. 皇冠体育app November data will be published at 11am on Friday 21 December 2018.

Published 21 November 2018