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February 2022 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in February 2022.

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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 February:

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,870,820 applications to change or query the Land Register

  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 440,118

HM Land Registry completed 1,870,826 applications in February compared with 1,771,694 in January and 1,710,808 last February 2021, of which:

  • 352,901 were applications for register updates compared with 356,294 in January

  • 1,022,285 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 938,752 in January

  • 213,926 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 222,734 in January

  • 17,463 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 15,335 in January

Applications by region and country

Region/country December applications January applications February applications
South East 342,488 417,879 440,118
Greater London 273,030 322,350 339,757
North West 167,717 199,888 216,620
South West 146,922 172,166 178,861
West Midlands 123,723 149,113 156,319
Yorkshire and the Humber 116,586 137,147 149,242
East Midlands 108,948 128,132 136,288
North 71,029 86,516 90,326
East Anglia 63,055 78,782 79,717
Isles of Scilly 43 50 42
Wales 67,212 79,621 83,412
England and Wales (not assigned) 62 50 124
Total 1,480,815 1,771,694 1,870,826

Top 5 local authority areas

February 2022 applications

Top 5 local authority areas February applications
Birmingham 26,640
City of Westminster 24,482
Leeds 21,533
Cornwall 18,862
Buckinghamshire 18,808

January 2022 applications

Top 5 local authority areas January applications
Birmingham 26,270
City of Westminster 22,501
Leeds 19,759
Cornwall 18,649
Buckinghamshire 18,257

Top 5 customers

February 2022 applications

Top 5 customers February applications
Infotrack Limited 121,736
Enact 48,172
O’Neill Patient 28,227
TM Group (UK) ltd (Search Choice) 22,048
Land Technologies Ltd 21,750

January 2022 applications

Top 5 customers January applications
Infotrack Limited 109,721
Enact 43,516
O’Neill Patient 27,651
Land Technologies Ltd 24,237
Optima Legal Services 21,512

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 March data will be published at 11am on Monday 25 April 2022.

Published 22 March 2022