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March 2023 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in March 2023.

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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 March:

  • HM Land Registry completed 2,026,520 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 459,168

HM Land Registry completed 2,026,527 applications in March compared with 1,771,870 in February and 2,125,508 last March 2022, of which:

  • 360,991 were applications for register updates compared with 340,617in February
  • 1,122,973 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 973,175 in February
  • 218,147 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 187,783 in February
  • 20,298 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 17,653 in February

Applications by region and country

Region/country January applications February applications March applications
South East 410,280 400,069 459,168
Greater London 330,088 329,084 377,552
North West 203,067 205,969 229,986
South West 170,767 169,368 196,094
West Midlands 147,512 147,391 170,599
Yorkshire and the Humber 143,880 141,519 161,442
East Midlands 129,084 126,839 146,615
North 90,565 88,003 102,426
East Anglia 73,366 74,583 89,940
Isles of Scilly 66 100 126
Wales 78,887 88,860 92,483
England and Wales (not assigned) 87 85 96
Total 1,777,649 1,771,870 2,026,527

Top 5 local authority areas

March 2023 applications

Top 5 Local authority areas March applications
Birmingham 29,257
City of Westminster 27,599
Leeds 23,612
Cornwall 20,937
Buckinghamshire 20,331

February 2023 applications

Top 5 Local authority areas February applications
Birmingham 26,002
City of Westminster 24,045
Leeds 19,847
Buckinghamshire 19,199
Manchester 18,798

Top 5 customers

March 2023 applications

Top 5 customers March Applications
InfoTrack Limited 163,054
Enact 34,345
O’Neill Patient 32,407
Landmark Information Group Ltd 22,774
Land Technologies Ltd 21,370

February 2023 applications

Top 5 customers February Applications
InfoTrack Limited 131,016
Enact 29,808
O’Neill Patient 28,826
Nimbus Property Systems Limited 25,274
TM Group (UK) LTD (Search Choice) 19,393

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 2023 data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 23 May 2023.

Updates to this page

Published 25 April 2023