Quarterly Statistics

Operational Statistics July 2006 - December 2006

Contents

1. Land title document lodgements - volume comparisons
2. Land title plan lodgements and new title issues comparisons
3. Survey plan volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
4. Land title document volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
5. Land title records supplied - volume comparisons
6. Land title document processing performance
7. Survey plan lodgements
8. Survey plan processing performance

These are the operational statistics reporting performance on a LINZ national basis.

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Table 1 - Land title document lodgements - volume comparisons
July - December periods 2005 and 2006

	2005	2006	% Change
Transfers	130,795	138,685	6.0%
Mortgages	115,594	125,225	8.3%
Discharged Mortgages	115,401	123,467	7.0%
Others	93,209	63,743	-31.6%
Total for Period	454,999	451,120	-0.9%

See Graph 1 for monthly national title document lodgements during 2005 and 2006

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Table 2 - Land title plan lodgements and new title issues comparisons
July - December periods 2005 and 2006

	2005	2006	% Change
Title Plans lodged	7,049	6,403	-9.2%
New Titles issued	30,088	26,983	-10.3%

See Graph 2 for monthly national volumes of title plan lodgements and new title issues during 2005 and 2006

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Table 3 - Survey plan volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
October - December 2006

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
October	711	53.7%	613	46.3%	1,324
November	800	56.9%	605	43.1%	1,405
December	653	59.1%	451	40.9%	1,104
Total for Quarter	2,164	56.5%	1,669	43.5%	3,833

Electronic lodgements using Landonline are below forecast but are gaining momentum as an increasing number of Customers are adopting the new technology.

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Table 4 - Land title document volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
October - December 2006

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
October	20,854	28.0%	53,512	72.0%	74,366
November	25,993	32.9%	53,028	67.1%	79,021
December	32,198	41.9%	44,558	58.1%	76,756
Total for Quarter	79,045	34.3%	151,098	65.7%	230,143

Electronic lodgements using Landonline have increased markedly in comparison with the previous quarter as a result of focused communication and training initiatives.

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Table 5 - Land title records supplied - volume comparisons
July - December periods 2005 and 2006

	2005	2006	% Change
Certificate of Title records supplied	1,252,259	1,301,241	3.9%
Guaranteed Title Records supplied	150,209	148,112	-1.4%
Title Document Records supplied	220,006	268,987	22.3%
Total for Period	1,622,474	1,718,340	5.9%

See Graph 3 for monthly national certificate of title search volumes,
Graph 4 for monthly national guaranteed title, and
Graph 5 for document search volumes during 2005 and 2006

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Table 6 - Land title document processing performance
October - December 2006

Paper Lodged	% within 15 working days (standard is 95%)
October	98%
November	98%
December	96%
Quarter	98%

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Table 7 - Survey plan lodgements
October - December periods 2005 and 2006

	2005	2006	% Change
October	1,269	1,324	4.3%
November	1,433	1,405	-2.0%
December	1,220	1,104	-9.5%
Total for Quarter	3,922	3,833	-2.3%

See Graph 6 for monthly national survey plan lodgements during 2005 and 2006

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Table 8 - Survey plan processing performance
October - December 2006

Electronic Lodged	% within 10 working days (standard is 90%)
October	99%
November	89%
December	92%
Quarter	93%

Paper Lodged	% within 20 working days (standard is 90%)
October	96%
November	87%
December	85%
Quarter	90%

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Graph 1

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Graph 2

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Graph 3

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Graph 4

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Graph 5

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Graph 6

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