LONDON, Oct. 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:
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 September:
* HM Land Registry completed over 2,008,860 applications to change or query the Land Register
* The South East topped the table of regional applications with 454,286
HM Land Registry completed 2,008,867 applications in September compared with 1,823,949 in August 2026 and 1,983,030 in September 2025, of which:
* 355,599 were applications for register updates compared with 348,570 in August
* 1,119,200 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 989,677 in August
* 217,803 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 194,740 in August
* 100,742 were transactions for value compared with 98,471 in August
* 19,685 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 18,804 in August
Applications by region and country
Region/country
July applications
August applications
September applications
South East
481,280
414,202
454,286
Greater London
381,481
326,252
365,836
North West
250,583
206,723
230,161
South West
204,950
180,436
192,415
West Midlands
185,716
156,546
172,605
Yorkshire and the Humber
173,793
150,050
162,278
East Midlands
162,294
137,737
151,617
North
105,919
89,750
101,759
East Anglia
91,121
79,397
86,284
Isles of Scilly
44
60
71
Wales
97,596
82,663
91,417
England and Wales (not assigned)
121
133
138
Total
2,134,898
1,823,949
2,008,867
Top 5 local authority areas
September 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas
September applications
Birmingham
31,446
City of Westminster
25,569
Leeds
22,717
North Yorkshire
22,702
Buckinghamshire
20,437
Top 5 customers
September 2026 applications
Top 5 customers
September applications
InfoTrack limited
231,615
Orbital Witness Limited
46,285
Enact
43,492
O'Neill Patient
39,098
Landmark Information Group Ltd
29,813
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 October 2026 data will be published at 11am on Friday 20 November 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
