LONDON, Feb. 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 January:
* HM Land Registry completed over 1,919,990 applications to change or query the Land Register
* the South East topped the table of regional applications with 437,584
HM Land Registry completed 1,919,998 applications in January compared with 1,607,442 in December 2025 and 1,886,714 in January 2025, of which:
* 393,604 were applications for register updates compared with 325,571 in December
* 1,054,084 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 847,534 in December
* 189,744 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 205,457 in December
* 114,764 were transactions for value compared with 90,793 in December
* 15,868 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 14,621 in December
Applications by region and country
Region/country
November applications
December applications
January applications
South East
404,274
389,667
437,584
Greater London
411,231
288,278
352,578
North West
206,100
175,006
218,537
South West
177,701
155,058
186,043
West Midlands
153,912
133,553
161,177
Yorkshire and the Humber
147,573
128,352
155,481
East Midlands
135,149
116,546
144,868
North
90,699
80,285
95,339
East Anglia
75,701
65,951
80,369
Isles of Scily
58
61
70
Wales
85,576
74,622
87,843
England and Wales (not assigned)
94
63
109
Total
1,888,068
1,607,442
1,919,998
Top 5 local authority areas
January 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
January applications
Birmingham
28,910
CityofWestminster
24,035
Leeds
22,062
North Yorkshire
21,528
Buckinghamshire
20,174
Top 5 customers
January 2026 applications
Top 5 customers
January applications
InfoTrack Limited
195,449
Enact
38,350
O'Neill Patient
35,616
Landmark Information Group Ltd
31,577
Orbital Witness Limited
30,041
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 February 2026 data will be published at 11am on Friday 20 March 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
