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The Land Registry today (July 5) released its statistics for the first half of 2012.
Land registration
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* The number of sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration for the first half of 2012 was 54,822 (+42.5 per cent compared with the second half of 2011 but -22.1 per cent compared with the first half of 2011).
* The total consideration for these agreements for the first half of 2012 was $310.25 billion (+42.5 per cent compared with the second half of 2011 but -16.2 per cent compared with the first half of 2011).
* The number of assignments of building units for the first half of 2012 was 50,784 (-19.2 per cent compared with the second half of 2011 and -41.2 per cent compared with the first half of 2011).
* The total consideration for these assignments for the first half of 2012 was $226.52 billion (-29.7 per cent compared with the second half of 2011 and -42.2 per cent compared with the first half of 2011).
Land search
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* The number of searches of land registers made by the public for the first half of 2012 was 2,457,420 (+8.5 per cent compared with the second half of 2011 but -15 per cent compared with the first half of 2011).
Ends/Thursday, July 5, 2012
Issued at HKT 16:01
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