July 2026 Transaction Data
Published by HM Land Registry on 21 August 2026 · Published here 21 August 2026
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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 July:
• HM Land Registry completed over 2,134,890 applications to change or query the Land Register
• the South East topped the table of regional applications with 481,280
HM Land Registry completed 2,134,898 applications in July compared with 2,039,832 in June 2026 and 2,052,588 in July 2025, of which:
• 402,753 were applications for register updates compared with 350,101 in June
• 1,167,651 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,128,364 in June
• 228,378 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 230,202 in June
• 103,398 were transactions for value compared with 95,818 in June
• 21,802 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 21,813 in June
Applications by region and country
Region/country | May applications | June applications | July applications
South East | 402,297 | 458,065 | 481,280
Greater London | 324,568 | 371,537 | 381,481
North West | 205,628 | 234,127 | 250,583
South West | 174,241 | 197,527 | 204,950
West Midlands | 160,887 | 175,846 | 185,716
Yorkshire and the Humber | 142,280 | 166,968 | 173,793
East Midlands | 133,039 | 155,128 | 162,294
North | 89,983 | 103,498 | 105,919
East Anglia | 75,146 | 84,116 | 91,121
Isles of Scily | 71 | 53 | 44
Wales | 81,354 | 92,834 | 97,596
England and Wales (not assigned) | 150 | 133 | 121
Total | 1,789,644 | 2,039,832 | 2,134,898
Top 5 local authority areas
July 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas | July applications
Birmingham | 32,924
City of Westminster | 25,826
Leeds | 24,479
North Yorkshire | 23,841
Buckinghamshire | 22,437
Top 5 customers
July 2026 applications
Top 5 customers | July applications
Infotrack Limited | 238,612
Orbital Witness Limited | 50,542
HBOS Plc Bank | 43,848
Enact | 39,755
O’Neill Patient | 38,763
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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The August 2026 data will be published at 11am on Monday 21 September 2026.
This article uses material published by HM Land Registry. The original source remains the definitive version.
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