Current Monthly Statistics

The statistics generally relate to land transactions executed up to four weeks prior to their submission for registration, as there is usually a time lag between the execution of deeds and their lodgement for registration.

Consolidated Monthly Statistics in respect of deeds received for registration in the Land Registry

Month : January 2012

[Table summary]
Item Nature of Deeds Number of Deeds received for registration Consideration
(nearest $ million)
Urban New Territories Total Urban New Territories Total
1.
Agreements for Sale and
Purchase of Building Units
 2,404
( 2,878 )		 2,086
( 2,464 )		 4,490
( 5,342 )		 20,535 7,274 27,809
2.
Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Land
 5 144 149 418 489 907
Sub-total (1)+(2)
 2,409 2,230 4,639 20,953 7,763 28,716
3.
Assignments of Building Units
 3,267
( 3,604 )		 3,082
( 3,308 )		 6,349
( 6,912 )		 17,468 10,325 27,793
4.
Assignments of Land
 8 533 541 724 627 1,351
Sub-total (3)+(4)
 3,275 3,615 6,890 18,192 10,952 29,144
5.
Building Mortgages/Building
Legal Charges
 1 24 25 - - -
6.
Other Mortgages/Legal Charges
 2,490 2,606 5,096 - - -
Sub-total (5)+(6)
 2,491 2,630 5,121 - - -
7.
Receipts/Discharges/Releases
 2,966 3,416 6,382 - - -
8.
Leases/Tenancy Agreements
 224 105 329 - - -
9.
Exclusion Orders
 0 0 0 - - -
10.
Others
 3,246 2,923 6,169 - - -
Total 14,611 14,919 29,530 - - -
Note:Figures in brackets denote the number of units involved

Comparison of Monthly Statistics

Month : January 2012

[Table summary]

Item 2012 January 2011 December 2011 January January 2012
Increase (+) or Decrease (-) as compared with
December 2011 January 2011
No. or Consideration % No. or Consideration %
1.
Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Building Units
(a) No.
 4,490 5,597 9,917 -1,107 -19.8 -5,427 -54.7
(b) Consideration
 27,809 32,613 59,057 -4,804 -14.7 -31,248 -52.9
2.
Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Land
(a) No.
 149 176 230 -27 -15.3 -81 -35.2
(b) Consideration
 907 624 3,267 +283 +45.4 -2,360 -72.2
Sub-total of (1)+(2)
(a) No.
 4,639 5,773 10,147 -1,134 -19.6 -5,508 -54.3
(b) Consideration
 28,716 33,237 62,324 -4,521 -13.6 -33,608 -53.9
3.
Assignments of Building Units
(a) No.
 6,349 8,185 16,703 -1,836 -22.4 -10,354 -62.0
(b) Consideration
 27,793 42,143 62,966 -14,350 -34.1 -35,173 -55.9
4.
Assignments of Land
(a) No.
 541 612 614 -71 -11.6 -73 -11.9
(b) Consideration
 1,351 1,816 3,704 -465 -25.6 -2,353 -63.5
Sub-total of (3)+(4)
(a) No.
 6,890 8,797 17,317 -1,907 -21.7 -10,427 -60.2
(b) Consideration
 29,144 43,959 66,670 -14,815 -33.7 -37,526 -56.3
5.
No. of Building Mortgages/Building Legal Charges
 25 3 11 +22 +733.3 +14 +127.3
6.
No. of Other Mortgages/Legal Charges
 5,096 6,772 15,702 -1,676 -24.7 -10,606 -67.5
Sub-total of (5)+(6)
 5,121 6,775 15,713 -1,654 -24.4 -10,592 -67.4
7.
No. of Receipts/ Discharges/Releases
 6,382 6,955 17,775 -573 -8.2 -11,393 -64.1
8
No. of Public Search
 280,782 337,740 502,271 -56,958 -16.9 -221,489 -44.1
Note:Consideration rounded to the nearest million Hong Kong dollars.

Number of Sale and Purchase Agreements (ASP) of building units

Chart showing the number of sale and purchase agreements of residential and non-residentail building units for 13 months
Year 2011 2012
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Number of ASP for all building units 9,917 12,401 13,501 10,386 12,536 11,601 7,291 7,348 6,579 5,675 5,982 5,597 4,490
Number of ASP for residential building units 8,002 10,390 10,456 7,635 9,681 9,043 5,254 5,439 4,823 4,643 4,795 4,301 3,507
12-month moving average for all ASP 13,356 13,271 13,337 13,011 12,946 12,985 12,352 11,552 10,955 10,416 9,584 9,068 8,616
Note:Sales of residential units refer to sale and purchase agreements with payment of stamp duty. These statistics do not include sales of units under the Home Ownership Scheme, the Private Sector Participation Scheme and the Tenants Purchase Scheme except those after payment of premium.

Year-on-year Rate of Change in the Number of
Sale and Purchase Agreements

year-on-year rate of change in the number of sale and purchase agreements

Number of Sale and Purchase Agreements of residential and non-residential building units
Year/Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 12,380 13,423 12,706 14,300 13,325 11,128 14,885 16,946 13,749 12,140 15,967 11,790
2011 9,917 12,401 13,501 10,386 12,536 11,601 7,291 7,348 6,579 5,675 5,982 5,597
2012 4,490                      

Number of Sale and Purchase Agreements of residential building units
and total consideration from January 2011 to January 2012

Year Month Range of Consideration ($ million) Total
Less than 1 1 to less than 2 2 to less than 3 3 to less than 5 5 to less than 10 10 or over No. Consideration
($ million)
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
2011 1 206 3 2,054 26 2,222 28 2,028 25 1,068 13 424 5 8,002 33,333
2 200 2 2,387 23 2,664 26 2,872 28 1,653 16 614 6 10,390 45,608
3 219 2 2,173 21 2,668 26 2,499 24 2,081 20 816 8 10,456 51,866
4 165 2 1,613 21 2,020 26 1,810 24 1,394 18 633 8 7,635 38,996
5 185 2 1,741 18 2,290 24 2,733 28 1,909 20 823 9 9,681 49,449
6 193 2 1,626 18 2,299 25 2,250 25 1,762 19 913 10 9,043 52,856
7 137 3 1,011 19 1,369 26 1,289 25 870 17 578 11 5,254 31,772
8 123 2 1,056 19 1,421 26 1,225 23 739 14 875 16 5,439 31,795
9 92 2 977 20 1,463 30 1,249 26 726 15 316 7 4,823 22,959
10 95 2 843 18 1,116 24 1,134 24 1,187 26 268 6 4,643 22,464
11 107 2 874 18 1,095 23 948 20 1,076 22 695 14 4,795 35,766
12 80 2 720 17 860 20 1,202 28 973 23 466 11 4,301 25,663
2012 1 82 2 644 18 787 22 728 21 881 25 385 11 3,507 22,187

Note: Figures in percentage for individual items may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Monthly Statistics in respect of Sale & Purchase Agreements of building units received for registration on regional basis

Month : January 2012

[Table summary]

Item District Sale and Purchase Agreements of Building Units
No. of Transactions Consideration (nearest $million)
1. Hong Kong 752 7,241
2. Kowloon 1,652 13,294
3. Islands 78 229
4. North 106 316
5. Sai Kung 232 984
6. Shatin 504 2,612
7. Tai Po 195 606
8. Tsuen Wan 373 1,181
9. Tuen Mun 310 608
10. Yuen Long 288 738
Total 4,490 27,809

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