Land Registry completed 199,972 searches in December, down from 206,321 in November according to statistics released today.
In total 359,964 were applications in respect of registered land (dealings), a drop of less than 4,000 from November. There were 521,022 applications for copies of official registers or title plans, significantly fewer than the 677,160 in the previous month and there were 94,176 transactions of value, up from 93,721.
Number of searches processed by Land Registry, ten most frequent customers.
- Enact 8,014
- Optima Legal Services 7,206
- O’Neill Patient 5,043
- tmgroup UK Ltd 4,086
- Breeze & Wyles 3,638
- MyHomeMove Ltd 3,174
- Grindleys LLP 2,646
- Gordons Property Lawyers 2,206
- Conveyancing Direct Ltd 2,081
- Shulmans 2,068
Number of transactions processed by Land Registry, ten most frequent customers.
- MyHomeMove Ltd 2,209
- O’Neill Patient 1,068
- Countrywide Property Lawyers 889
- Birchall Blackburn 551
- Beaumont Legal 540
- Bower & Bailey 429
- Shoosmiths 403
- Martin Tolhurst Partnership LLP 3995
- Grindleys LLP 387
- Talbots Solicitors LLP 343