APPENDICES
APPENDIX 42
(Chapter 13: Land, Public Works and Utilities)
The Land Registry
1997
1998
1999
Documents received for registration (numbers)
Assignments of land
10 959
Assignments of building units
220 911
7 350
134 994
4 448
140 858
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
5 133
2 080
1 678
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units
205 461
111 489
98 466
Building mortgages/building legal charges
75
65
38
Other mortgages/legal charges
252 324
154 228
181 144
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
201 651
93 015
121 176
Miscellaneous
94 052
97 401
100 071
Total
990 566
600 622
647 879
Considerations of documents received for registration ($ million)
Assignments of land
93,750
24,311
35,670
Assignments of building units
790,408
348,352
300,059
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
69,787
23,706
30,369
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units.
868,019
340,906
256,641
Building mortgages/building legal charges
20,007
4,877
4,158
Other mortgages/legal charges
98,072
92,129
94,679
Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and
certificates of satisfaction
35,188
16,881
23,952
Total
1,975,231
851,162
745,528
Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered
(numbers)
Government leases registered (numbers)
Multi-storey building owners corporations registered
(numbers)
900
655
589
15
14
20
258
285
287
Public searches of Land Registers and records (numbers)
5 408 040
3 133 845
3 245 319
Source:
Land Registry.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2867 2882)
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