Land Registry releases statistics for 2017
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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 2017 was 83,815 (+14.8 per cent compared with 2016 and +10.1 per cent compared with 2015).
* The total consideration for these agreements for 2017 was $726.42 billion (+36.3 per cent compared with 2016 and +32.4 per cent compared with 2015).
* The number of assignments of building units for 2017 was 103,663 (+34.0 per cent compared with 2016 and +7.3 per cent compared with 2015).
* The total consideration for these assignments for 2017 was $683.14 billion (+38.4 per cent compared with 2016 and +13.3 per cent compared with 2015).
Land search
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* The number of searches of land registers made by the public for 2017 was 5,181,813 (+10.2 per cent compared with 2016 and +7.7 per cent compared with 2015).
Ends/Thursday, January 4, 2018
Issued at HKT 15:00
Issued at HKT 15:00
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