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Land Registry releases statistics for first half of 2016
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     The Land Registry today (July 6) released its statistics for the first half of 2016.  

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 2016 was 26,571 (-18.3 per cent compared with the second half of 2015 and -39.1 per cent compared with the first half of 2015).

* The total consideration for these agreements for the first half of 2016 was $189.49 billion (-20.1 per cent compared with the second half of 2015 and -39.2 per cent compared with the first half of 2015).

* The number of assignments of building units for the first half of 2016 was 34,425 (-20.7 per cent compared with the second half of 2015 and -35.3 per cent compared with the first half of 2015).

* The total consideration for these assignments for the first half of 2016 was $220.18 billion (-24.3 per cent compared with the second half of 2015 and -29.4 per cent compared with the first half of 2015).

Land search
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* The number of searches of land registers made by the public for the first half of 2016 was 2,192,891 (-5.8 per cent compared with the second half of 2015 and -11.6 per cent compared with the first half of 2015).

Ends/Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Issued at HKT 15:00

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