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SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1993

PROPERTY TRANSACTION FIGURES FOR JUNE

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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS OF BUILDING UNITS, MAINLY FLATS, RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION IN THE LAND REGISTK. LAST MONTH DECREASED BY 6.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND BY 7.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE LAST YEAR.

IN ALL, 12,807 SUCH AGREEMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION DURING THE MONTH. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED WAS $43.4 BILLION,

THESE FIGURES ARE INCLUDED IN THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION IN THE URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES LAND REGISTRIES RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE LAND REGISTRAR.

A TABLE SHOWING THE RELEVANT STATISTICS FOR MAY 1993 AND FOR JUNE LAST YEAR IS ALSO RELEASED.

THERE WERE SEVEN BUILDING MORTGAGES AND 12,216 OTHER MORTGAGES RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION IN THE MONTH, COMPARED TO EIGHT AND 15,168 RESPECTIVELY IN JUNE LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER NEW BUILDING MORTGAGES IN THE MONTH WAS $0.16 BILLION COMPARED WITH $0.12 BILLION IN JUNE LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER NEW MORTGAGES IN THE Hvor OTHER THAN BUILDING MORTGAGES DROPPED BY 29.9 PER CENT FROM $9.51 BILLION IN JUNE 1992 TO $6.67 BILLION IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

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MORTGAGES OF ALL KINDS, AS EVIDENCED BY DISCHARGES AND MORTGAGEE'S RECEIPTS, DECREASED BY 25.5 PER CENT FROM $4.70 BILLION IN JUNE LAST YEAR TO $3.50 BILLION IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

/THE LAND