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The Land Registry today (January 5) released its statistics for 2010.
Land Registration
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* The number of sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration for 2010 was 162,739 (+21.5% compared with 2009 and +43.6% compared with 2008).
* The total consideration for these agreements for 2010 was $689.5 billion (+33.7% compared with 2009 and +66.9% compared with 2008).
* The number of assignments of building units for 2010 was 186,936 (+32.3% compared with 2009 and +14.7% compared with 2008).
* The total consideration for these assignments for 2010 was $687 billion (+45.7% compared with 2009 and +26.4% compared with 2008).
Land Search
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* The number of searches of land registers made by the public for 2010 was 6,009,465 (+21% compared with 2009 and +28.3% compared with 2008).
Ends/Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Issued at HKT 17:00
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