LONDON, April 23 -- 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 March:
* HM Land Registry completed over 2,202,220 applications to change or query the Land Register
* The South East topped the table of regional applications with 496,443
HM Land Registry completed 2,202,225 applications in March compared with 1,941,280 in February 2026 and 1,974,155 in March 2025, of which:
* 387,441 were applications for register updates compared with 352,444 in February
* 1,246,317 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,104,534 in February
* 231,577 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 181,623 in February
* 122,810 were transactions for value compared with 101,604 in February
* 17,236 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 14,813 in February
Applications by region and country
Region/country
January applications
February applications
March applications
South East
437,584
434,589
496,443
Greater London
352,578
367,414
412,803
North West
218,537
218,497
249,552
South West
186,043
187,802
215,796
West Midlands
161,177
165,296
184,823
Yorkshire and the Humber
155,481
156,633
177,531
East Midlands
144,868
140,937
159,871
North
95,339
96,865
112,853
East Anglia
80,369
85,307
93,362
Isles of Scily
70
54
77
Wales
87,843
87,764
98,989
England and Wales (not assigned)
109
122
125
Total
1,919,998
1,941,280
2,202,225
Top 5 local authority areas
March 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
March applications
Birmingham
32,186
CityofWestminster
31,805
North Yorkshire
24,896
Leeds
24,827
Buckinghamshire
22,187
Top 5 customers
March 2026 applications
Top 5 customers
March applications
InfoTrack Limited
242,757
Enact
49,330
Orbital Witness Limited
48,481
O'Neill Patient
39,485
Landmark Information Group Ltd
37,298
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 April 2026 data will be published at 11am on Friday 22 May 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
