Press release: February 2017 Transaction Data

In February:

Land Registry completed more than 1,516,590 applications the South East topped the table of regional applications with 354,091 City of Westminster topped the table of applications by local authority area with 23,929

The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed 1,516,596 applications from its customers in February. This included 1,491,811 applications by account holders, of which:

337,220 were applications in respect of registered land (dealings) 736,518 were applications to obtain an official copy of a register or title plan 177,050 were searches 69,815 were transactions for value Applications by region Region Applications South East 354,091 Greater London 295,454 North West 167,357 South West 146,963 West Midlands 126,332 Yorks and Humber 116,770 East Midlands 105,840 North 71,438 Wales 71,201 East Anglia 61,003 England and Wales (not assigned) 89 Isles of Scilly 58 Total 1,516,596 Top three local authority areas for applications Local authority area Applications City of Westminster 23,929 Birmingham 22,459 Leeds 17,413 Top three customers for transactions for value Customer Transactions for value My Home Move Limited 1,459 O’Neill Patient 902 Countrywide Property Lawyers 679 Top three customers for searches Customer Searches Enact 8,471 O’Neill Patient 5,937 Optima Legal Services 5,217

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Notes to editors

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The March Transaction Data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 25 April 2017 at data.gov.uk.

The monthly Transaction Data shows how many applications for first registrations, leases, transfers of part, dealings, official copies and searches lodged by Land Registry account customers were completed. For an explanation of the terms used, see abbreviations used in the Transaction Data.

Transactions for value include freehold and leasehold sales.

Most searches carried out by a solicitor or conveyancer are to protect the purchase and/or mortgage. For example, a search will give the buyer priority for an application to Land Registry to register the purchase of the property.

As a government department established in 1862, executive agency and trading fund responsible to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Land Registry keeps and maintains the Land Register for England and Wales. The Land Register has been open to public inspection since 1990.

With the largest transactional database of its kind detailing more than 24 million titles, Land Registry underpins the economy by safeguarding ownership of many billions of pounds worth of property.

For further information about Land Registry visit www.gov.uk/land-registry.

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Marion Shelley Head Office Trafalgar House 1 Bedford Park Croydon CR0 2AQ

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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/february-2017-transaction-data

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