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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1988
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, 40,645 ASSIGNMENTS OF UNITS IN COMPLETED BUILDINGS, THE MAJORITY RESIDENTIAL, COMPARED WITH 46,828 AND 47,608 RESPECTIVELY DURING SECOND HALVES OF 1987, SHOWING DECREASES OF 13.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
WERE REGISTERED,
THE FIRST AND PER CENT AND 14.6
QF FLATS FIRST HALF OF SECOND
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONSIDERATION IN ASSIGNMENTS INCREASED BY 7.5 PER CENT FROM $28.999 BILLION IN THE 1987 BUT DECREASED BY 5.3 PER CENT FROM $32.919 BILLION IN THE HALF OF 1987 TO $31.186 BILLION.
A TOTAL OF 2,393 ASSIGNMENTS OF FLATS WERE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, COMPARED 4,682 IN THE FIRST AND SECOND HALVES OF
COMPLETED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
WITH 3,125 AND
1987 RESPECTIVELY.
SECTIONS. THIS WAS A THE FIRST
THERE WERE 337 ASSIGNMENTS OF LOTS AND DECLINE OF 18.8 PER CENT AND 39.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY ON AND SECOND HALVES OF 1987.
ASSIGNMENTS THE FIRST HALF OF BILLION IN THE
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONSIDERATION IN THESE INCREASED BY 37 PER CENT FROM $6.843 BILLION IN 1987, BUT DECREASED BY 15.3 PER CENT FROM $11.072 SECOND HALF OF 1987 TO $9.375 BILLION,
TWENTY-NINE BUILDING MORTGAGES AND 44,242 OTHER MORTGAGES REGISTERED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1988, COMPARED WITH 21 AND RESPECTIVELY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987 AND 30 AND 48,759 IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1987.
WERE 51,513
RESPECTIVELY
THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER BUILDING MORTGAGES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1988 DROPPED BY 19.8 PER BILLJON IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987 AND BY 31.3
CENT FROM $0.353 PER BILLTON IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1987 TO $0.283 BILLION.
CENT FROM $0.412
REGISTERED
THAN
THE AMOUNT SECURED UNDER MORTGAGES OTHER MORTGAGES, HOWEVER, ROSE BY 46.5 PER CENT FROM $23.124 BILLION IN
BUILDING FIRST HALF OF 1987 AND BY 40 PER CENT
THE FROM $24.504 SECOND HALF OF 1987 TO $34.311 BILLION.
BILLION IN THE
REPAYMENTS UNDER MORTGAGES OF ALL KINDS, AS DISCHARGES AND MORTGAGEE'S RECEIPTS, WERE UP
EVIDENCED BY BY 5 1 PER $11.737 BILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987 BUT DOWN
CENT PROM BY FROM $12.699 BILLION IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1987 TO $12.333 BILLION.
2. 9 PER CENT
OF 1988 BY BY 11.9 PER SECOND
SEARCHES IN THE LAND OFFICE DURING THE FIRST HALF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REACHED A RECORD OF 796,323, UP CENT AND 5.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY COMPARED WITH THE FIRST AND HALVES OF 1987.
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