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March 2024 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in March 2024.

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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 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 

Top 5 Local  authority areas March applications
Birmingham 27,725
City of Westminster 25,978
Leeds 22,523
Buckinghamshire 20,497
North Yorkshire 20,262

February 2024 applications

Top 5 Local authority areas February applications
Birmingham 28,779
City of Westminster 27,142
Leeds 22,892
North Yorkshire 20,769
Buckinghamshire 19,402

Top 5 customers  

March 2024 applications 

Top 5 customers March applications
Infotrack Limited 166,587
Enact 32,374
O’Neill Patient 30,339
Landmark Information Group Ltd 28,509
Orbital Witness Limited 26,295

February 2024 applications

Top 5 customers February applications
Infotrack Limited 163,962
Orbital Witness Limited 36,299
Enact 34,227
O’Neill Patient 31,396
Landmark Information Group Ltd 26,756

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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The April 2024 data will be published at 11am on Wednesday 22 May 2024.

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Published 22 April 2024