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Top conveyancers of 2013

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The Land Registry has provided only it’s second consolidated annual review of the highest volume conveyancers in England and Wales.

In 2012 over 2.8 million applications to change the register were lodged by business customers, which include lenders, law firms and high street solicitors. In 2013 this increased to over 3.1 million The top 50 business customers accounted for 1.2 million of the total 3.1  million applications.

Top 50 conveyancers lodging applications in 2013 were as follows:

CUSTOMER NAME COUNT
SANTANDER UK PLC 118428
BARCLAYS BANK PLC 96482
ENACT CONVEYANCING LIMITED 75284
HSBC BANK PLC 73347
NAT WESTMINSTER HOME LOANS LTD 60642
HBOS PLC 58596
OPTIMA LEGAL SERVICES LTD 54649
O'NEILL PATIENT SOLICITORS LLP 39383
BRADFORD & BINGLEY PLC 38283
BREEZE & WYLES SOLICITORS LLP 35167
GORDONS PROPERTY LAWYERS 25433
GRINDEYS LLP 24280
CONVEYANCING DIRECT LTD 24044
EVERSHEDS LLP 22499
DUCHY OF LANCASTER 21686
A SHADE GREENER LTD 21672
MY HOME MOVE LIMITED 21404
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC 20098
BANK OF IRELAND 19835
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 19043
FASTTRAC SOLICITORS LIMITED 17633
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY 17584
SHULMANS SOLICITORS 16737
VIRGIN MONEY PLC 15959
COOPERATIVE BANK PLC TA BRITANNIA 15919
SHAKESPEARES LEGAL LLP 15114
BOND DICKINSON LLP 14975
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC 14727
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC 14610
SHOOSMITHS LLP 14426
COUNTRYWIDE PROPERTY LAWYERS LTD 14254
SOLEX LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED 14220
BARNETTS 14139
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY 12296
TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP 11142
HUGH JAMES SOLICITORS 11083
THE MORTGAGE WORKS (UK) PLC 11006
LINKLATERS 10146
TOTAL CONVEYANCING SERVICES 9697
SIMPLY LAW 9338
DEVONSHIRES 9129
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY 8680
ROBERTSONS 8157
LANGLEYS LLP 8108
HOMELOAN MANAGEMENT LTD 8016
PURE LAW LLP 7701
PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY 7404
THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE 7371
BIRCHALL BLACKBURN 7223

Customer name Count
SANTANDER UK PLC    106,531
BARCLAYS BANK PLC   86,295
HSBC BANK PLC    62,824
ENACT CONVEYANCING LIMITED   62,076
OPTIMA LEGAL SERVICES LTD    48,329
NAT WESTMINSTER HOME LOANS LTD 44,614
HBOS PLC   43,985
O'NEILL PATIENT SOLICITORS LLP    37,633
BRADFORD & BINGLEY PLC    36,180
EVERSHEDS LLP    27,826
GRINDEYS LLP    27,254
TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP    26,803
NORTHERN ROCK PLC    25,806
BREEZE & WYLES SOLICITORS LLP    24,659
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC    23,886
GORDONS PROPERTY LAWYERS    23,619
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND    20,220
BANK OF IRELAND    19,559
BARNETTS    18,753
MY HOME MOVE LIMITED    18,405
COUNTRYWIDE PROPERTY LAWYERS    17,942
CONVEYANCING DIRECT LTD   16,870
A SHADE GREENER LTD    16,826
COOPERATIVE BANK PLC 16,309
HUGH JAMES SOLICITORS   16,156
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC 16,005
SOLEX LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED    15,627
SHOOSMITHS LLP    15,136
SHULMANS SOLICITORS    15,098
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY   14,653
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY    13,579
FASTTRAC SOLICITORS LIMITED    13,064
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC 12,365
DEVONSHIRES    10,742
LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION    10,701
LANGLEYS LLP    9,951
ADDLESHAW GODDARD LLP    9,111
SIMPLY LAW    8,870
HOMELOAN MANAGEMENT LTD    8,844
THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE    8,793
LMS DIRECT CONVEYANCING LTD    8,012
STEVENSONS SOLICITORS   7,465
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY    7,056
ROBERTSONS    6,917
BIRCHALL BLACKBURN    6,843
THE MORTGAGE WORKS (UK) PLC    6,734
SHAKESPEARES LEGAL LLP    6,651
PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY   6,302
BEAUMONT LEGAL   6,173
RESTONS SOLICITORS LTD    5,920
- See more at: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/announcements/2013/top-conveyancers-of-2012#sthash.z38ZdrDc.dpuf
Customer name Count
SANTANDER UK PLC    106,531
BARCLAYS BANK PLC   86,295
HSBC BANK PLC    62,824
ENACT CONVEYANCING LIMITED   62,076
OPTIMA LEGAL SERVICES LTD    48,329
NAT WESTMINSTER HOME LOANS LTD 44,614
HBOS PLC   43,985
O'NEILL PATIENT SOLICITORS LLP    37,633
BRADFORD & BINGLEY PLC    36,180
EVERSHEDS LLP    27,826
GRINDEYS LLP    27,254
TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP    26,803
NORTHERN ROCK PLC    25,806
BREEZE & WYLES SOLICITORS LLP    24,659
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC    23,886
GORDONS PROPERTY LAWYERS    23,619
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND    20,220
BANK OF IRELAND    19,559
BARNETTS    18,753
MY HOME MOVE LIMITED    18,405
COUNTRYWIDE PROPERTY LAWYERS    17,942
CONVEYANCING DIRECT LTD   16,870
A SHADE GREENER LTD    16,826
COOPERATIVE BANK PLC 16,309
HUGH JAMES SOLICITORS   16,156
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC 16,005
SOLEX LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED    15,627
SHOOSMITHS LLP    15,136
SHULMANS SOLICITORS    15,098
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY   14,653
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY    13,579
FASTTRAC SOLICITORS LIMITED    13,064
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC 12,365
DEVONSHIRES    10,742
LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION    10,701
LANGLEYS LLP    9,951
ADDLESHAW GODDARD LLP    9,111
SIMPLY LAW    8,870
HOMELOAN MANAGEMENT LTD    8,844
THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE    8,793
LMS DIRECT CONVEYANCING LTD    8,012
STEVENSONS SOLICITORS   7,465
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY    7,056
ROBERTSONS    6,917
BIRCHALL BLACKBURN    6,843
THE MORTGAGE WORKS (UK) PLC    6,734
SHAKESPEARES LEGAL LLP    6,651
PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY   6,302
BEAUMONT LEGAL   6,173
RESTONS SOLICITORS LTD    5,920
- See more at: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/announcements/2013/top-conveyancers-of-2012#sthash.z38ZdrDc.dpuf
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