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May 2022 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in May 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 May:

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,983,660 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 465,741

HM Land Registry completed 1,983,661 applications in May compared with 1,752,363 in April and 1,729,466 last May 2021, of which:

  • 374,672 were applications for register updates compared with 335,442 in April
  • 1,064,783 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 932,281 in April
  • 235,827 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 214,760 in April
  • 15,905 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 16,013 in April

Applications by region and country

Region/country March applications April applications May applications
South East 490,963 416,705 465,741
Greater London 386,977 315,971 366,243
North West 244,964 200,963 223,007
South West 209,168 170,684 195,283
West Midlands 177,003 145,566 166,826
Yorkshire and the Humber 166,917 137,836 152,418
East Midlands 156,855 126,524 145,726
North 107,426 84,798 95,723
East Anglia 89,455 74,659 83,057
Isles of Scilly 100 42 57
Wales 95,565 78,518 89,461
England and Wales (not assigned) 115 97 119
Total 2,125,508 1,752,363 1,983,661

Top 5 local authority areas

May 2022 applications

Top 5 local authority areas May applications
Birmingham 28,242
City of Westminster 23,404
Leeds 22,731
Buckinghamshire 20,630
Cornwall 19,738

April 2022 applications

Top 5 local authority areas April applications
Birmingham 25,455
City of Westminster 20,731
Leeds 20,441
Buckinghamshire 18,129
Cornwall 17,090

Top 5 customers

May 2022 applications

Top 5 customers May applications
Infotrack Limited 143,597
Enact 51,228
O’Neill Patient 34,270
Optima Legal Services 30,114
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 22,712

April 2022 applications

Top 5 customers April applications
Infotrack Limited 129,112
Enact 46,811
O’Neill Patient 25,287
Optima Legal Services 24,038
Avail AI Ltd 23,384

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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The June data will be published at 11am on Thursday 21 July 2022.

Published 23 June 2022