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:
    • 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:
    • 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

 

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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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