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    <titulek>
        February 2026 Transaction Data
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    <datum>
        20.3.2026
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    <autor>
          | Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
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    <perex>
         This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in February 2026. 
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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 1,941,280 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 434,589

HM Land Registry completed 1,941,280 applications in February compared with 1,919,998 in January 2026 and 1,806,500 in February 2025, of which:


352,444 were applications for register updates compared with 393,604 in January
1,104,534 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 1,054,084 in January
181,623 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 189,744 in January
101,604 were transactions for value compared with 114,764 in January
14,813 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 15,868 in January

Applications by region and country



Region/country
December applications
January applications
February applications




South East
389,667
437,584
434,589


Greater London
288,278
352,578
367,414


North West
175,006
218,537
218,497


South West
155,058
186,043
187,802


West Midlands
133,553
161,177
165,296


Yorkshire and the Humber
128,352
155,481
156,633


East Midlands
116,546
144,868
140,937


North
80,285
95,339
96,865


East Anglia
65,951
80,369
85,307


Isles of Scily
61
70
54


Wales
74,622
87,843
87,764


England and Wales (not assigned)
63
109
122


Total
1,607,442
1,919,998
1,941,280



Top 5 local authority areas
February 2026 applications




Top 5 local authority areas
February applications




Birmingham
30,146


City of Westminster
27,311


Leeds
22,443


North Yorkshire
21,595


Cornwall
20,826



Top 5 customers
February 2026 applications




Top 5 customers
February applications




InfoTrack Limited
206,761


Enact
38,102


Orbital Witness Limited
36,562


O’Neill Patient
32,788


Landmark Information Group Ltd
32,205



Access the full dataset on our Use land and property data service.

Next publication
Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The March 2026 data will be published at 11am on Thursday 23 April 2026.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/february-2026-transaction-data


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