May 2023 Transaction Data

Wednesday 21 Jun 2023 @ 13:10
HM Land Registry

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in May 2023.

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 1,828,510 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 415,725

HM Land Registry completed 1,828,515 applications in May compared with 1,595,150 in April and 1,983,661 last May 2022, of which:

319,404 were applications for register updates compared with 290,723 in April
1,013,801 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 873,601 in April
177,655 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 162,894 in April
86,574 were transactions for value compared with 87,241 in April
15,649 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 17,267 in April

Applications by region and country

Region/country	March applications	April applications	May applications
South East	459,168	361,928	415,725
Greater London	377,552	295,648	352,176
North West	229,986	182,653	205,140
South West	196,094	155,150	176,653
West Midlands	170,599	131,831	152,189
Yorkshire and the Humber	161,442	128,048	145,850
East Midlands	146,615	116,638	130,903
North	102,426	79,557	88,911
East Anglia	89,940	70,278	79,467
Isles of Scilly	126	66	99
Wales	92,483	73,278	81,304
England and Wales (not assigned)	96	66	98
Total	2,026,527	1,595,150	1,828,515