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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1993
JANUARY STATISTICS OF SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS OF FLATS
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OF FLATS DECREASED
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS REGISTERED IN THE LAND OFFICE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1993 BY 46.7 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND BY 58.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JANUARY LAST YEAR.
IN ALL, 4,250 SUCH AGREEMENTS WERE REGISTERED DURING THE MONTH. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONSIDERATIONS. BILLION.
THESE FIGURES WERE INCLUDED IN PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS REGISTERED IN THE LAND REGISTRIES RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY)
INVOLVED WAS ABOUT $11.94
THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL.
THERE WERE 17 BUILDING MORTGAGES AND 10.001 OTHER MORTGAGES REGISTERED IN THE MONTH, COMPARED TO 34 AND 19.022 JANUARY 1992.
RESPECTIVELY IN
MORTGAGES IN THE
THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER NEW BUILDING MONTH WAS ABOUT $0.61 BILLION COMPARED WITH ABOUT $0.58 BILLION IN JANUARY 1992.
MORTGAGES IN THE
MONTH
35. 6 PER CENT FROM
ABOUT
THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER NEW OTHER THAN BUILDING MORTGAGES DROPPED BY $13.63 BILLION IN JANUARY 1992 TO ABOUT $8.78 BILLION IN JANUARY 1993.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT ACTUALLY DRAWN DOWN ON BUILDING AND OTHER MORTGAGES AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED.
REPAYMENTS UNDER MORTGAGES OF ALL KINDS, AS EVIDENCED BY DISCHARGES AND MORTGAGEE'S RECEIPTS, DECREASED BY 6.9 PER CENT FROM ABOUT $3.95 BILLION IN JANUARY 1992 TO ABOUT $3.68 BILLION IN JANUARY 1993.
/REGISTRAR GENERAL'S