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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1992

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SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS OF FLATS IN NOVEMBER

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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS OF FLATS REGISTERED IN THE LAND OFFICE IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER DECREASED BY 13.1 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND BY 50 PER CENT COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

IN ALL, 7,168 SUCH AGREEMENTS WERE REGISTERED DURING THE MONTH. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED WAS ABOUT $18.01 BILLION.

THESE FIGURES WERE INCLUDED IN THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS REGISTERED IN THE URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES LAND REGISTRIES RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL.

THERE WERE FIVE BUILDING MORTGAGES AND

9,797 OTHER MORTGAGES REGISTERED IN THE MONTH, COMPARED TO NINE AND 17,521 RESPECTIVELY NOVEMBER, 1991.

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THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER NEW BUILDING MORTGAGES IN THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $0.8 BILLION COMPARED WITH ABOUT $0. 65 BILLION IN NOVEMBER, 1991.

26. 3 PER CENT FROM ABOUT

THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER NEW MORTGAGES IN THE MONTH OTHER THAN BUILDING MORTGAGES DROPPED BY $6.99 BILLION IN NOVEMBER, 1991 то ABOUT NOVEMBER, 1992.

$5.15 BILLION IN

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 34.6 PER CENT FROM ABOUT $4.58 BILLION IN NOVEMBER 1991 то ABOUT $3 BILLION IN NOVEMBER, 1992.

MEANWHILE, DETAILS OF

LAND OFFICE CONSENTS GIVEN ΤΟ ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS FOR SALES AND PURCHASES OF INCOMPLETED BUILDINGS ALSO RELEASED.

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IN NOVEMBER, FOUR SUCH CONSENTS WERE GRANTED INVOLVING 322 UNITS IN THE URBAN AREAS AND 79 UNITS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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