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The Land Registry today (January 6) released its statistics for 2013.
Land registration
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* The number of sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration for 2013 was 70,503 (-39 per cent compared with 2012 and -35.2 per cent compared with 2011).
* The total consideration for these agreements for 2013 was $456.28 billion (-30.2 per cent compared with 2012 and -22.4 per cent compared with 2011).
* The number of assignments of building units for 2013 was 98,928 (-16.3 per cent compared with 2012 and -33.7 per cent compared with 2011).
* The total consideration for these assignments for 2013 was $559.25 billion (-4.9 per cent compared with 2012 and -21.7 per cent compared with 2011).
Land search
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* The number of searches of land registers made by the public for 2013 was 4,489,607 (-12.2 per cent compared with 2012 and -12.9 per cent compared with 2011).
Ends/Monday, January 6, 2014
Issued at HKT 14:04
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