Press release: March 2017 Transaction Data

In March:

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,796,050 applications the South East topped the table of regional applications with 414,647 Birmingham topped the table of applications by local authority area with 28,034

The Transaction Data shows HM Land Registry completed 1,796,056 applications from its customers in March. This included 1,765,228 applications by account holders, of which:

394,967 were applications in respect of registered land (dealings) 868,829 were applications to obtain an official copy of a register or title plan 223,058 were searches 91,676 were transactions for value Applications by region Region Applications South East 414,647 Greater London 348,475 North West 198,873 South West 173,263 West Midlands 150,580 Yorks & Humber 141,302 East Midlands 128,380 North 84,942 Wales 83,366 East Anglia 72,079 England and Wales (not assigned) 81 Isles of Scilly 68 Total 1,796,056 Top three local authority areas for applications Local authority area Applications Birmingham 28,034 City of Westminster 26,332 Leeds 21,078 Top three customers for transactions for value Customer Transactions for value My Home Move Limited 1,795 O’Neill Patient 1,187 Countrywide Property Lawyers 820 Top three customers for searches Customer Searches Enact 10,132 O’Neill Patient 7,909 Optima Legal Services 6,008

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Notes to editors

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The April Transaction Data will be published at 11am on Monday 22 May 2017 at HM Land Registry Monthly Property Transaction Data.

The monthly Transaction Data shows how many applications for first registrations, leases, transfers of part, dealings, official copies and searches lodged by HM 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 HM 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, HM 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, HM Land Registry underpins the economy by safeguarding ownership of many billions of pounds worth of property.

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

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