HM Land Registry Transaction Data for March 2024 published

HM Land Registry Transaction Data for March 2024 has been published, providing information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in March 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 March: 
    • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,865,580 applications to change or query the Land Register  
    • the South-East topped the table of regional applications with 420,415 
HM Land Registry completed 1,865,589 applications in March compared with 1,900,950 in February and 2,026,527 last March 2023, of which:  
    • 295,437 were applications for register updates compared with 282,642 in February 
    • 1,063,005 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,121,090 in February  
    • 191,839 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 174,348 in February 
    • 83,467 were transactions for value compared with 84,061 in February 
    • 20,519 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 20,293 in February 
Applications by region and country:

Region/country

January applications

February applications

March applications

South-East

424,357

431,719

420,415

Greater London

356,173

359,378

349,872

North-West

206,193

215,042

209,451

South-West

182,662

180,916

180,665

West Midlands

159,365

157,910

157,411

Yorkshire and the Humber

147,023

149,606

150,143

East Midlands

134,913

138,195

138,317

North

93,519

95,557

93,755

East Anglia

81,326

83,153

78,787

Isles of Scilly

58

97

111

Wales

97,459

89,265

86,573

England and Wales (not assigned)

89

112

89

Total

1,883,137

1,900,950

1,865,589

 

Top 5 local authority areas – March 2024 applications:

Birmingham

27,725

City of Westminster

25,978

Leeds

22,523

Buckinghamshire

20,497

North Yorkshire

20,262

 

Top 5 local authority areas – February 2024 applications:

Birmingham

28,779

City of Westminster

27,142

Leeds

22,892

North Yorkshire

20,769

Buckinghamshire

19,402

 

Top 5 customers areas – March 2024 applications:

InfoTrack

166,587

Enact

32,374

O’Neill Patient

30,339

Landmark Information Group

28,509

Orbital Witness

26,295

 

Top customers areas – February 2024 applications:

InfoTrack

163,962

Orbital Witness

36,299

Enact

34,227

O’Neill Patient

31,396

Landmark Information Group

26,756

 

 

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