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November 2023 Transaction Data

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

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,793,400 applications to change or query the Land Register 
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 401,767

HM Land Registry completed 1,793,402 applications in November compared with 1,810,655 in October and 1,922,381 last November 2022, of which: 

  • 278,536 were applications for register updates compared with 313,954 in October
  • 1,014,848 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,060,430 in October
  • 198,173 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 204,682 in October
  • 88,686 were transactions for value compared with 81,909 in October
  • 19730 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 18,878 in October

Applications by region and country 

Region/country September applications October applications November applications
South East 389,691 407,718 426,264
Greater London 330,283 348,637 361,451
North West 196,701 201,915 217,097
South West 165,923 177,466 184,856
West Midlands 143,754 152,380 167,099
Yorkshire and the Humber 137,788 144,816 153,981
East Midlands 123,899 128,543 139,023
North 88,308 90,910 95,528
East Anglia 74,622 75,844 80,981
Isles of Scilly 74 69 45
Wales 79,630 82,251 86,200
England and Wales (not assigned) 94 106 109
Total 1,730,767 1,810,655 1,912,634

Top 5 local authority areas 

November 2023 applications

Top 5 Local authority areas November applications
Birmingham 26,534
City of Westminster 25,773
Leeds 22,737
North Yorkshire 21,386
Cornwall 19,648

October 2023 applications

Top 5 local authority areas October applications
City of Westminster 27,823
Birmingham 27,438
Leeds 22,379
North Yorkshire 19,887
Cornwall 19,424

Top 5 customers

November 2023 applications

Top 5 customers November applications
Infotrack Limited 171,187
Enact 37,230
O’Neill Patient 28,142
Landmark Information Group Ltd 25,740
Orbital Witness Limited 19,130

October 2023 applications

Top 5 customers October applications
InfoTrack Limited 151,752
Orbital Witness Limited 31,070
Enact 29,357
O’Neill Patient 25,266
Landmark 22,291

Access the full dataset on our Use land and property data service.

Next publication 

Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The December 2023 data will be published at 11am on Monday 22 January 2023.

Updates to this page

Published 21 December 2023