LONDON, March 20 -- 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 February:
* HM Land Registry completed 1,941,280 applications to change or query the Land Register
* the South East topped the table of regional applications with 434,589
HM Land Registry completed 1,941,280 applications in February compared with 1,919,998 in January 2026 and 1,806,500 in February 2025, of which:
* 352,444 were applications for register updates compared with 393,604 in January
* 1,104,534 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,054,084 in January
* 181,623 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 189,744 in January
* 101,604 were transactions for value compared with 114,764 in January
* 14,813 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 15,868 in January
Applications by region and country
Region/country
December applications
January applications
February applications
South East
389,667
437,584
434,589
Greater London
288,278
352,578
367,414
North West
175,006
218,537
218,497
South West
155,058
186,043
187,802
West Midlands
133,553
161,177
165,296
Yorkshire and the Humber
128,352
155,481
156,633
East Midlands
116,546
144,868
140,937
North
80,285
95,339
96,865
East Anglia
65,951
80,369
85,307
Isles of Scily
61
70
54
Wales
74,622
87,843
87,764
England and Wales (not assigned)
63
109
122
Total
1,607,442
1,919,998
1,941,280
Top 5 local authority areas
February 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
February applications
Birmingham
30,146
CityofWestminster
27,311
Leeds
22,443
North Yorkshire
21,595
Cornwall
20,826
Top 5 customers
February 2026 applications
Top 5 customers
February applications
InfoTrack Limited
206,761
Enact
38,102
Orbital Witness Limited
36,562
O'Neill Patient
32,788
Landmark Information Group Ltd
32,205
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 March 2026 data will be published at 11am on Thursday 23 April 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
