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May 2025 Transaction Data

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in May 2025.

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Please note this data shows what HM Land Registry has been able to process during the聽time period聽covered and is not necessarily a reflection of market activity.

滨苍听惭补测:

  • HM Land Registry completed over 1,817,910 applications聽to聽change or query the Land Register聽
  • the South East topped聽the table of regional applications with聽412,654

HM Land Registry completed 1,817,911 applications in聽May compared with聽1,811,924 in聽April 2025聽and聽1,948,692聽last聽May 2024, of which:聽

  • 265,402 were applications for register updates compared with聽285,129 in聽April
  • 1,069,738 were applications for an聽official copy of a register compared聽with聽1,058,989 in聽April
  • 8172,964 were search and hold queries (official searches) compared聽with聽158,279 in聽April
  • 80,298 were transactions for value compared聽with聽78,380 in聽April
  • 13,557 were postal applications from non-account holders compared with聽14,592聽in聽April

Applications by region and country聽

Region/country March applications April applications May applications
South East 444,651 408,047 412,654
Greater London 370,483 336,247 342,449
North West 227,167 208,094 207,014
South West 191,416 174,721 174,774
West Midlands 169,372 155,674 153,174
Yorkshire and the Humber 157,393 145,196 144,125
East Midlands 145,134 133,700 133,949
North 96,664 90,391 90,354
East Anglia 84,604 77,323 77,428
Isles of Scilly 77 53 71
Wales 87,088 82,370 81,787
England and Wales (not assigned) 106 108 132
Total 1,974,155 1,811,924 1,817,911

Top 5 local authority areas聽

May 2025 applications

Top 5 local authority areas May applications
Birmingham 27,667
City of Westminster 23,786
Buckinghamshire 20,870
Leeds 20,414
North Yorkshire 19,813

Top 5 customers聽

May 2025 applications

Top 5 customers May applications
滨苍蹿辞迟谤补肠办听尝颈尘颈迟别诲 197,903
Enact 33,244
Landmark Information Group Ltd 32,702
O鈥橬eill Patient 30,085
Orbital Witness Limited 24,884

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Transaction Data is published on the 15th working day of each month. The June 2025聽data will be published at 11am on聽Monday 21 July 2025.

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Published 20 June 2025