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May 2024 Transaction Data

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

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This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in May 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 May:

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,948,690 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 439,855

HM Land Registry completed 1,948,692 applications in May compared with 1,953,642 in April and 1,828,510 last May 2023, of which: 

  • 309,498 were applications for register updates compared with 299,195 in April
  • 1,125,121 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,128,292 in April
  • 190,360 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 186,959 in April
  • 82,109 were transactions for value compared with 83,904 in April
  • 17,795 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 20,425 in April

Applications by region and country 

Region/country March applications April applications May applications
South East 420,415 449,162 439,855
Greater London 349,872 362,233 368,215
North West 209,451 216,597 219,041
South West 180,665 188,320 191,782
West Midlands 157,411 164,859 163,759
Yorkshire and the Humber 150,143 159,242 157,218
East Midlands 138,317 144,324 144,160
North 93,755 97,741 97,842
East Anglia 78,787 83087 80,891
Isles of Scilly 111 94 109
Wales 86,573 87,830 85,684
England and Wales (not assigned) 89 153 136
Total 1,865,589 1,953,642 1,948,692

Top 5 local authority areas 

May 2024 applications

Top 5 local authority areas May applications
Birmingham 28,978
City of Westminster 28,596
Leeds 24,919
North Yorkshire 21,329
Cornwall 20,852

April 2024 applications

Top 5 local authority areas April applications
Birmingham 28,414
City of Westminster 27,872
Leeds 26,906
North Yorkshire 21,223
Buckinghamshire 20,598

Top 5 customers 

May 2024 applications

Top 5 customers May applications
Infotrack Limited 185,188
Landmark Information Group Ltd 38,901
Orbital Witness Limited 31,357
Enact 30,377
O’Neill Patient 27,997

April 2024 applications

Top 5 customers April applications
Infotrack Limited 180,459
Landmark Information Group Ltd 37,836
Enact 31,621
O’Neill Patient 30,636
Orbital Witness Limited 27,383

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 June 2024 data will be published at 11am on Friday 19 July 2024.

Published 21 June 2024