May 2026 Transaction Data
Published by HM Land Registry on 19 June 2026 · Published here 3 August 2026
Summary
This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in May 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 May:
• HM Land Registry completed over 1,789,640 applications to change or query the Land Register
• the South East topped the table of regional applications with 402,297
HM Land Registry completed 1,789,644 applications in May compared with 1,933,685 in April 2026 and 1,817,911 in May 2025, of which:
• 319,100 were applications for register updates compared with 361,444 in April
• 1,003,312 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,077,096 in April
• 184,734 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 195,236 in April
• 84,341 were transactions for value compared with 100,013 in April
• 14,374 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 16,448 in April
Applications by region and country
Region/country | March applications | April applications | May applications
South East | 496,443 | 435,169 | 402,297
Greater London | 412,803 | 356,295 | 324,568
North West | 249,552 | 218,999 | 205,628
South West | 215,796 | 187,404 | 174,241
West Midlands | 184,823 | 164,001 | 160,887
Yorkshire and the Humber | 177,531 | 158,842 | 142,280
East Midlands | 159,871 | 144,151 | 133,039
North | 112,853 | 98,011 | 89,983
East Anglia | 93,362 | 84,338 | 75,146
Isles of Scilly | 77 | 72 | 71
Wales | 98,989 | 86,261 | 81,354
England and Wales (not assigned) | 125 | 142 | 150
Total | 2,202,225 | 1,933,685 | 1,789,644
Top 5 local authority areas
May 2026 applications
Top 5 local authority areas | May applications
Birmingham | 26,648
City of Westminster | 22,841
North Yorkshire | 20,297
Leeds | 20,085
Cornwall | 18,589
Top 5 customers
May 2026 applications
Top 5 customers | May applications
InfoTrack Limited | 204,003
Landmark Information Group Ltd | 32,715
Enact | 32,418
Orbital Witness Limited | 32,243
O’Neill Patient | 29,610
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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The June 2026 data will be published at 11am on Tuesday 21 July 2026.
This article uses material published by HM Land Registry. The original source remains the definitive version.
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