In May:
Land Registry completed 1,491,651 applications
The South East topped the table of regional applications with 342,612
Birmingham topped the table of applications by local authority area with 21,981
The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed more than 1,491,650 applications from its customers in May. This included 1,460,738 applications by account customers, of which:
365,745 were applications in respect of registered land (dealings)
697,066 were applications to obtain an official copy of a register or title plan
179,220 were searches
81,583 were transactions for value
Applications by region
Region
Applications
South East
342,612
Greater London
302,168
North West
162,598
South West
144,605
West Midlands
125,236
Yorks and Humber
115,944
East Midlands
103,140
Wales
68,333
North
67,526
East Anglia
59,400
England and Wales (not assigned)
72
Isles of Scilly
17
Total
1,491,651
Top three local authorities for applications by area
Top three local authority areas
Applications
Birmingham
21,981
City of Westminster
20,649
Leeds
17,323
Top three customers for transactions
Top three customers
Transactions for value
Knights Professional Services Ltd
2,565
My Home Move Limited
1,770
Countrywide Property Lawyers
833
Top three customers for searches
Top three customers
Searches
Enact
8,481
Optima Legal Services
6,401
O’Neill Patient
5,133
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Notes to editors
Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The June Transaction Data will be published at 11am on Thursday 21 July 2016 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, read 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, Innovation and Skills, 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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