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July 2024 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in July 2024.

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This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in July 2024. 

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 more than 2,092,550 applications to change or query the Land Register 
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 468,348

HM Land Registry completed 2,092,554 applications in July compared with 1,842,891  in June and 1,912,634 last July 2023, of which: 

  • 318,267 were applications for register updates compared with 284,447 in June
  • 1,190,880 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,045,163 in June
  • 214,947 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 194,273 in June
  • 93,549 were transactions for value compared with 89,370 in June
  • 19,357 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 17,795 in June

Applications by region and country 

Region/country May applications June applications July applications
South East 439,855 412,195 468,348
Greater London 368,215 347,494 404,408
North West 219,041 205,260 236,256
South West 191,782 179,700 203,566
West Midlands 163,759 157,275 178,188
Yorkshire and the Humber 157,218 152,438 166,385
East Midlands 144,160 136,263 148,285
North 97,842 91,623 103,651
East Anglia 80,891 77,425 87,080
Isles of Scilly 109 77 194
Wales 85,684 83,025 96,036
England and Wales (not assigned) 136 116 157
Total 1,948,692 1,842,891 2,092,554

Top 5 local authority areas 

July 2024 applications

Top 5 Local authority areas July applications
Birmingham 31,822
City of Westminster 29,358
Leeds 24,267
North Yorkshire 24,053
Somerset 22,319

June 2024 applications

Top 5 local authority areas June applications
Birmingham 28,071
City of Westminster 26,285
Leeds 23,749
North Yorkshire 21,221
Buckinghamshire 19,309

Top 5 customers 

July 2024 applications

Top 5 customers July applications
Infotrack Limited 202,706
Orbital Witness Limited 33,462
Landmark Information Group Ltd 32,301
Enact 31,463
O’Neill Patient 28,426

June 2024 applications

Top 5 customers June applications
Infotrack Limited 179,595
Orbital Witness Limited 31,709
Landmark Information Group Ltd 30,105
Enact 26,714
O’Neill Patient 25,964

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 2024 data will be published at 11am on Friday 20 September 2024.

Updates to this page

Published 21 August 2024