February 2026 Transaction Data | GovWire Government News

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in February 2026.

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