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    <titulek>
        January 2026 Transaction Data
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    <datum>
        24.2.2026
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    <autor>
          | Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
    </autor>
    <perex>
        This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in January 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 January:

HM Land Registry completed over 1,919,990 applications to change or query the Land Register
the South East topped the table of regional applications with 437,584

HM Land Registry completed 1,919,998 applications in January compared with 1,607,442 in December 2025 and 1,886,714 in January 2025, of which:


393,604 were applications for register updates compared with 325,571 in December
1,054,084 were applications for an official copy of a register compared with 847,534 in December
189,744 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared with 205,457 in December
114,764 were transactions for value compared with 90,793 in December
15,868 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with 14,621 in December

Applications by region and country



Region/country
November applications
December applications
January applications




South East
404,274
389,667
437,584


Greater London
411,231
288,278
352,578


North West
206,100
175,006
218,537


South West
177,701
155,058
186,043


West Midlands
153,912
133,553
161,177


Yorkshire and the Humber
147,573
128,352
155,481


East Midlands
135,149
116,546
144,868


North
90,699
80,285
95,339


East Anglia
75,701
65,951
80,369


Isles of Scily
58
61
70


Wales
85,576
74,622
87,843


England and Wales (not assigned)
94
63
109


Total
1,888,068
1,607,442
1,919,998



Top 5 local authority areas
January 2026 applications




Top 5 local authority areas
January applications




Birmingham
28,910


City of Westminster
24,035


Leeds
22,062


North Yorkshire
21,528


Buckinghamshire
20,174



Top 5 customers
January 2026 applications




Top 5 customers
January applications




InfoTrack Limited
195,449


Enact
38,350


O’Neill Patient
35,616


Landmark Information Group Ltd
31,577


Orbital Witness Limited
30,041



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 February 2026 data will be published at 11am on Friday 20 March 2026.

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


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