January 2024 Transaction Data
This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in January 2024.
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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 more than 1,883,130 applications to change or query the Land Register
- the South East topped the table of regional applications with 424,357
HM Land Registry completed 1,883,137 applications in January compared with 1,335,792 in December and 1,777,649 last January 2023, of which:
- 298,750 were applications for register updates compared with 257,519 in December
- 1,095,216 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 689,205 in December
- 182,512 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 178,940 in December
- 84,996 were transactions for value compared with 57,567 in December
- 19,296 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 16,721 in December
Applications by region and country
Region/country | November applications | December applications | January applications |
---|---|---|---|
South East | 426,264 | 300,944 | 424,357 |
Greater London | 361,451 | 252,332 | 356,173 |
North West | 217,097 | 152,088 | 206,193 |
South West | 184,856 | 128,926 | 182,662 |
West Midlands | 167,099 | 112,618 | 159,365 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 153,981 | 108,989 | 147,023 |
East Midlands | 139,023 | 97,518 | 134,913 |
North | 95,528 | 65,817 | 93,519 |
East Anglia | 80,981 | 56,794 | 81,326 |
Isles of Scilly | 45 | 84 | 58 |
Wales | 86,200 | 59,619 | 97,459 |
England and Wales (not assigned) | 109 | 63 | 89 |
Total | 1,912,634 | 1,335,792 | 1,883,137 |
Top 5 local authority areas
January 2024 applications
Top 5 local authority areas | January applications |
---|---|
Birmingham | 29,114 |
City of Westminster | 25,512 |
Leeds | 21,020 |
North Yorkshire | 20,995 |
Cornwall | 19,63 |
December 2023 applications
Top 5 local authority areas | December applications |
---|---|
Birmingham | 19,684 |
City of Westminster | 18,089 |
Leeds | 15,594 |
North Yorkshire | 14,720 |
Manchester | 13,679 |
Top 5 local authority areas
January 2024 applications
Top 5 customers | January applications |
---|---|
Infotrack Limited | 152,053 |
Enact | 29,412 |
O’Neill Patient | 28,640 |
Devonshires | 28,128 |
Landmark Information Group Ltd | 24,951 |
December 2023 applications
Top 5 customers | December applications |
---|---|
Infotrack Limited | 104,683 |
Enact | 25,300 |
Avail AI Ltd | 23,996 |
O’Neill Patient | 23,905 |
Orbital Witness Limited | 16,046 |
Next publication
Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The February 2024 data will be published at 11am on Thursday 21 March 2024.