May 2023 Transaction Data
21 Jun 2023 11:09 AM
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 |
Top 5 local authority areas
May 2023 applications