HM Land Registry published its Transaction Data for May 2023
HM Land Registry published its Transaction Data May 2023, providing information on number and types of applications completed in May 2023.
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:
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- HM Land Registry completed more than 1,828,510 applications to change or query the Land Register
- the South East topped the table of regional applications with 415,725
HM Land Registry completed 1,828,515 applications in May compared with 1,595,150 in April and 1,983,661 last May 2022, of which:
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- 319,404 were applications for register updates compared with 290,723 in April
- 1,013,801 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 873,601 in April
- 177,655 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 162,894 in April
- 86,574 were transactions for value compared with 87,241 in April
- 15,649 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 17,267 in April
Applications by region and country:
|
Region/country |
March applications |
April applications |
May applications |
|
South East |
459,168 |
361,928 |
415,725 |
|
Greater London |
377,552 |
295,648 |
352,176 |
|
North West |
229,986 |
182,653 |
205,140 |
|
South West |
196,094 |
155,150 |
176,653 |
|
West Midlands |
170,599 |
131,831 |
152,189 |
|
Yorkshire and the Humber |
161,442 |
128,048 |
145,850 |
|
East Midlands |
146,615 |
116,638 |
130,903 |
|
North |
102,426 |
79,557 |
88,911 |
|
East Anglia |
89,940 |
70,278 |
79,467 |
|
Isles of Scilly |
126 |
66 |
99 |
|
Wales |
92,483 |
73,278 |
81,304 |
|
England and Wales (not assigned) |
96 |
66 |
98 |
|
Total |
2,026,527 |
1,595,150 |
1,828,515 |
Top 5 local authority areas – May 2023 applications:
|
Birmingham |
26,727 |
|
City of Westminster |
25,982 |
|
Leeds |
21,930 |
|
North Yorkshire |
20,171 |
|
Manchester |
19,076 |
Top 5 local authority areas – April 2023 applications:
|
City of Westminster |
22,329 |
|
Birmingham |
22,131 |
|
Leeds |
18,883 |
|
North Yorkshire |
17,380 |
|
Cornwall |
16,329 |
Top 5 customers – May 2023 applications:
|
InfoTrack Limited |
161,261 |
|
Enact |
36,920 |
|
O’Neill Patient |
30,836 |
|
Landmark Information Group |
22,604 |
|
Orbital Witness Limited |
19,390 |
Top 5 customers – April 2023 applications:
|
InfoTrack Limited |
126,004 |
|
Enact |
29,320 |
|
O’Neill Patient |
25,757 |
|
Landmark Information Group |
19,038 |
|
Devonshires |
17,140 |
Next publication:
Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The June 2023 data will be published at 11am on Friday, 21 July 2023.
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