April 2022 Transaction Data

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

  • HM Land Registry completed more than 1,752,360 applications to change or query the Land Register
  • the South East topped the table of regional applications with 416,705

HM Land Registry completed 1,752,363 applications in April compared with 2,125,508 in March and 1,760,322 last April 2021, of which:

  • 335,442 were applications for register updates compared with 390,596 in March
  • 932,281 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,141,724 in March
  • 214,760 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 265,590 in March
  • 16,013 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 19,507 in March

Applications by region and country

Region/country February applications March applications April applications
South East 440,118 490,963 416,705
Greater London 339,757 386,977 315,971
North West 216,620 244,964 200,963
South West 178,861 209,168 170,684
West Midlands 156,319 177,003 145,566
Yorkshire and the Humber 149,242 166,917 137,836
East Midlands 136,288 156,855 126,524
North 90,326 107,426 84,798
East Anglia 79,717 89,455 74,659
Isles of Scilly 42 100 42
Wales 83,412 95,565 78,518
England and Wales (not assigned) 124 115 97
Total 1,870,826 2,125,508 1,752,363

Top 5 local authority areas

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

March 2022 applications

Top 5 local authority areas March applications
Birmingham 29,962
City of Westminster 25,617
Leeds 24,294
Cornwall 22,554
Buckinghamshire 22,058

Top 5 customers

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

March 2022 applications

Top 5 customers March applications
Infotrack Limited 151,371
Enact 65,731
O’Neill Patient 31,569
Optima Legal Services 31,077
TM Group (UK) Ltd (Search Choice) 28,064

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 May data will be published at 11am on Thursday 23 June 2022.

Published 23 May 2022

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