APPENDICES
APPENDIX 42
(Chapter 13: Land, Public Works and Utilities)
The Land Registry
1996
1997
1998
Documents received for registration (Numbers)
Assignments of land
6231
10 959
7 350
Assignments of building units
159 520
220 911
134 994
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
3 292
5133
2 080
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units
147 423
205 461
111 489
Building mortgages/building legal charges
63
75
65
Other mortgages/legal charges
194 970
252 324
154 228
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
146 012
201 651
93 015
Miscellaneous
83 972
94 052
97 401
Total
741 483
990 566
600 622
Considerations in documents received for registration ($ Million)
Assignments of land
38,098
93,750
24,311
Assignments of building units
412,420
790,408
348,352
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
43,107
69,787
23,706
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units
474,660
868,019
340,906
Building mortgages/building legal charges
11,090
20,007
4,877
Other mortgages/legal charges
75,281
98,072
92,129
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
42,309
35,188
16,881
Total
1,096,965
1,975,231
851,162
Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered
(Numbers)
1 103
900
655
Government leases registered (Numbers)
13
15
14
Multi-storey building owners corporations registered
(Numbers)
234
258
285
Public searches of Land Registers and records (Numbers) 4 313 948
5 408 040
3 133 845
Source: Land Registry.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2867 2882)
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