August 2022 Transaction Data

Published By GOV.UK [English], Wed, Sep 21, 2022 4:00 AM


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 August:

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,926,510 applications to change or query the Land Register

the South East topped the table of regional applications with 445,874

HM Land Registry completed 1,926,517 applications in August compared with 1,894,807 in July and 1,659,680 last August 2021, of which:

363,448 were applications for register updates compared with 370,643 in July

1,025,643 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 993,000 in July

249,582 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 240,387 in July

18,238 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 17,425 in July

Applications by region and country

Region/country

June applications

July applications

August applications

South East

433,271

444,212

445,874

Greater London

328,559

341,840

347,679

North West

210,768

217,498

229,211

South West

180,421

188,241

188,943

West Midlands

154,776

160,208

160,791

Yorkshire and the Humber

144,885

149,387

151,191

East Midlands

133,895

137,248

137,921

North

90,354

91,801

94,197

East Anglia

79,765

79,497

81,525

Isles of Scilly

36

48

38

Wales

82,294

84,723

89,027

England and Wales (not assigned)

94

104

120

Total

1,839,118

1,894,807

1,926,517

Top 5 local authority areas

August 2022 applications

Top 5 local authority areas

August applications

Birmingham

27,221

City of Westminster

22,644

Leeds

22,013

Buckinghamshire

20,379

Cornwall

20,236

July 2022 applications

Top 5 local authority areas

July applications

Birmingham

26,853

Leeds

22,345

City of Westminster

21,690

Cornwall

21,380

Buckinghamshire

19,376

Top 5 customers

August 2022 applications

Top 5 customers

August applications

Infotrack Limited

146,535

Enact

47,435

O’Neill Patient

30,317

Optima Legal Services

26,980

TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice)

22,154

July 2022 applications

Top 5 customers

July applications

Infotrack Limited

144,859

Enact

50,228

O’Neill Patient

30,896

Optima Legal Services

27,872

TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice)

22,853

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 September data will be published at 11am on Friday 21 October 2022.

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