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WHOLESALE/RETAIL
93.3
94.6
95.5
95.1
93.9
IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
TRANSPORT SERVICES
107.0
107.2
110.0
112.9
113.1
BUSINESS SERVICES
97.2
97.9
100.3
103.0 101.4
PERSONAL SERVICES
93.7
94.5
95.9
97.0
96.9
ALL SECTORS ABOVE
97.2
97.9
99.3
100.4
99.4
FLAT SALES REACH ALL-TIME HIGH
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THE NUMBER OF SALE AGREEMENTS OF FLATS REGISTERED LAST YEAR ROSE TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH OF 54 405, AN INCREASE OF 81.6 PER CENT OVER THE FIGURE FOR 1984, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, MR NOEL GLEESON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
DUR ING 1985, 73 791 ASSIGNMENTS OF FLATS WERE REGISTERED, COMPARED WITH 52 358 IN 1984.
OF THESE, A TOTAL OF 8 398 ASSIGNMENTS WERE COMPLETED BY HIS DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, COMPARED WITH 9 932 IN 1984.
THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSIDERATIONS IN ASSIGNMENT OF FLATS INCREASED BY 39.9 PER CENT FROM $22.379 BILLION TO $31.309 BILL ION.
THERE WERE 594 ASSIGNMENTS OF LOTS AND SECTIONS, 42.1 PER CENT MORE THAN IN 1984. THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSIDERATIONS IN ASSIGNMENTS OF LOTS AND SECTIONS INCREASED BY 218.3 PER CENT FROM $2.174 BILLION IN 1984 TO $6.920 BILLION LAST YEAR.
FIFTY-TWO BUILDING MORTGAGES AND 64 602 OTHER MORTGAGES WERE REGISTERED, UP FROM 46 AND 43 857 RESPECTIVELY IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER BUILDING MORTGAGES REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR ROSE BY 240.6 PER CENT, FROM $0.286 BILLION TO 30.974 BILLION.
THE AMOUNT SECURED UNDER MORTGAGES OTHER THAN BUILDING MORTGAGES ALSO ROSE BY 63.7 PER CENT, FROM $15.363 BILLION TO $25.148 BILLION.
/ REPAYMENTS UNDER