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The Land Registry today (January 6) released its statistics for 2014.
Land registration
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* The number of sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration for 2014 was 81,489 (+15.6 per cent compared with 2013 but -29.5 per cent compared with 2012).
* The total consideration for these agreements for 2014 was $547.46 billion (+20 per cent compared with 2013 but -16.3 per cent compared with 2012).
* The number of assignments of building units for 2014 was 92,025 (-7 per cent compared with 2013 and -22.1 per cent compared with 2012).
* The total consideration for these assignments for 2014 was $487.11 billion (-12.9 per cent compared with 2013 and -17.2 per cent compared with 2012).
Land search
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* The number of searches of land registers made by the public for 2014 was 4,588,403 (+2.2 per cent compared with 2013 but -10.3 per cent compared with 2012).
Ends/Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Issued at HKT 15:01
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