Land Registry releases statistics for 2020
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Land registration
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* The number of sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration for 2020 was 73,322 (-2.0 per cent compared with 2019 and -7.4 per cent compared with 2018).
* The total consideration for these agreements for 2020 was $628.39 billion (-9.2 per cent compared with 2019 and -15.2 per cent compared with 2018).
* The number of assignments of building units for 2020 was 89,008 (-3.1 per cent compared with 2019 and -15.5 per cent compared with 2018).
* The total consideration for these assignments for 2020 was $658.03 billion (-13.9 per cent compared with 2019 and -20.2 per cent compared with 2018).
Land search
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* The number of searches of land registers made by the public for 2020 was 5,012,607 (-0.7 per cent compared with 2019 and -4.8 per cent compared with 2018).
Ends/Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Issued at HKT 15:00
Issued at HKT 15:00
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