LONDON, June 19 -- 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 May:
*
HM Land Registry completed over 1,789,640 applications to change or query the Land Register
*
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 402,297
HM Land Registry completed 1,789,644 applications in May compared with 1,933,685 in April 2026 and 1,817,911 in April 2025, of which:
*319,100 were applications for register updates compared with 361,444 in April
*1,003,312 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,077,096 in April
*184,734 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 195,236 in April
*84,341 were transactions for value compared with 100,013 in April
*14,374 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 16,448 in April
Applications by region and country
Region/country
March applications
April applications
May applications
South East
496,443
435,169
402,297
Greater London
412,803
356,295
324,568
North West
249,552
218,999
205,628
South West
215,796
187,404
174,241
West Midlands
184,823
164,001
160,887
Yorkshire and the Humber
177,531
158,842
142,280
East Midlands
159,871
144,151
133,039
North
112,853
98,011
89,983
East Anglia
93,362
84,338
75,146
Isles of Scilly
77
72
71
Wales
98,989
86,261
81,354
England and Wales (not assigned)
125
142
150
Total
2,202,225
1,933,685
1,789,644
Top 5 local authority areas
May 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
May applications
Birmingham
26,648
CityofWestminster
22,841
North Yorkshire
20,297
Leeds
20,085
Cornwall
18,589
Top 5 customers
May 2026 applications
Top 5 customers
May applications
InfoTrack Limited
204,003
Landmark Information Group Ltd
32,715
Enact
32,418
Orbital Witness Limited
32,243
O'Neill Patient
29,610
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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The June 2026 data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 21 July 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
