LONDON, Aug. 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 July:
* HM Land Registry completed over 2,134,890 applications to change or query the Land Register
* the South East topped the table of regional applications with 481,280
HM Land Registry completed 2,134,898 applications in July compared with 2,039,832 in June 2026 and 2,052,588 in July 2025, of which:
* 402,753 were applications for register updates compared with 350,101 in June
* 1,167,651 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,128,364 in June
* 228,378 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 230,202 in June
* 103,398 were transactions for value compared with 95,818 in June
* 21,802 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 21,813 in June
Applications by region and country
Region/country
May applications
June applications
July applications
South East
402,297
458,065
481,280
Greater London
324,568
371,537
381,481
North West
205,628
234,127
250,583
South West
174,241
197,527
204,950
West Midlands
160,887
175,846
185,716
Yorkshire and the Humber
142,280
166,968
173,793
East Midlands
133,039
155,128
162,294
North
89,983
103,498
105,919
East Anglia
75,146
84,116
91,121
Isles of Scily
71
53
44
Wales
81,354
92,834
97,596
England and Wales (not assigned)
150
133
121
Total
1,789,644
2,039,832
2,134,898
Top 5 local authority areas
July 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
July applications
Birmingham
32,924
CityofWestminster
25,826
Leeds
24,479
North Yorkshire
23,841
Buckinghamshire
22,437
Top 5 customers
July 2026 applications
Top 5 customers
July applications
Infotrack Limited
238,612
Orbital Witness Limited
50,542
HBOS Plc Bank
43,848
Enact
39,755
O'Neill Patient
38,763
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 August 2026 data will be published at 11am on Monday 21 September 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
