LONDON, Sept. 21 -- 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 August:
* HM Land Registry completed over 1,823,940 applications to change or query the Land Register
* The South East topped the table of regional applications with 414,202
HM Land Registry completed 1,823,949 applications in August compared with 2,134,898 in July 2026 and 1,748,118 in August 2025, of which:
* 348,570 were applications for register updates compared with 402,753 in July
* 989,677 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,167,651 in July
* 194,740 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 228,378 in July
* 98,471 were transactions for value compared with 103,398 in July
* 18,804 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 21,802 in July
Applications by region and country
Region/country
June applications
July applications
August applications
South East
458,065
481,280
414,202
Greater London
371,537
381,481
326,252
North West
234,127
250,583
206,723
South West
197,527
204,950
180,436
West Midlands
175,846
185,716
156,546
Yorkshire and the Humber
166,968
173,793
150,050
East Midlands
155,128
162,294
137,737
North
103,498
105,919
89,750
East Anglia
84,116
91,121
79,397
Isles of Scily
53
44
60
Wales
92,834
97,596
82,663
England and Wales (not assigned)
133
121
133
Total
2,039,832
2,134,898
1,823,949
Top 5 local authority areas
August 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
August applications
Birmingham
28,024
North Yorkshire
22,560
CityofWestminster
22,401
Leeds
20,778
Cornwall
19,085
Top 5 customers
August 2026 applications
Top 5 customers
August applications
InfoTrack Limited
205,569
Enact
35,587
Orbital Witness Limited
34,886
O'Neill Patient
32,992
Landmark Information Group ltd
27,800
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 September 2026 data will be published at 11am on Wednesday 21 October 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
