LONDON, May 22 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:
Please note this data shows what HM Land Registry has been able to process during the time period covered and is not necessarily a reflection of market activity.
In April:
* HM Land Registry completed over 1,933,680 applications to change or query the Land Register
* the South East topped the table of regional applications with 435,169
HM Land Registry completed 1,933,685 applications in April compared with 2,202,225 in March 2026 and 1,811,924 in April 2025, of which:
* 361,444 were applications for register updates compared with 387,441 in March
* 1,077,096 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,246,317 in March
* 195,236 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 231,577 in March
* 100,013 were transactions for value compared with 122,810 in March
* 16,448 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 17,236 in March
Applications by region and country
Region/country
February applications
March applications
April applications
South East
434,589
496,443
435,169
Greater London
367,414
412,803
356,295
North West
218,497
249,552
218,999
South West
187,802
215,796
187,404
West Midlands
165,296
184,823
164,001
Yorkshire and the Humber
156,633
177,531
158,842
East Midlands
140,937
159,871
144,151
North
96,865
112,853
98,011
East Anglia
85,307
93,362
84,338
Isles of Scilly
54
77
72
Wales
87,764
98,989
86,261
England and Wales (not assigned)
122
125
142
Total
1,941,280
2,202,225
1,933,685
Top 5 local authority areas
April 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
April applications
Birmingham
28,527
CityofWestminster
26,249
North Yorkshire
22,148
Leeds
22,132
Cornwall
19,408
Top 5 customers
April 2026 applications
Top 5 customers
April applications
InfoTrack Limited
218,292
Enact
38,569
Orbital Witness Limited
35,013
O'Neill Patient
34,764
Landmark Information Group Ltd
34,728
Access the full dataset on our Use land and property data service.
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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The May 2026 data will be published at 11am on Friday 19 June 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
