Quarterly Statistics

Operational Statistics July 2007 - December 2007

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 2006 and 2007

	2006	2007	% Change
Transfers	129,134	111,238	-13.9%
Mortgages	116,546	96,198	-17.5%
Discharged Mortgages	115,403	96,048	-16.8%
Others	90,037	86,139	-4.3%
Total for Period	451,120	389,623	-13.6%

See Graph 1 for monthly national title document lodgements during 2006 and 2007

Note: 2006 figures now include both electronic and paper lodged title documents.

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Table 2 - Land title plan lodgements and new title issues comparisons
July - December periods 2006 and 2007

	2006	2007	% Change
Title Plans lodged	6,817	7,575	11.1%
New Titles issued	26,983	31,163	15.5%

See Graph 2 for monthly national volumes of title plan lodgements and new title issues during 2006 and 2007

Note: Above statistics include Māori Freehold Land Registration project transactions.

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Table 3 - Survey plan volumes lodged in electronic form
October - December 2007

	Electronic lodgement	% of total
October	1,199	100%
November	1,209	100%
December	1,044	100%
Total for Quarter	3,452	100%

Note: As all lodgements are now electronic, paper lodgements are no longer reported.

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Table 4 - Land title document volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
October - December 2007

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
October	47,315	74.3%	16,390	25.7%	63,705
November	49,428	75.2%	16,269	24.8%	65,697
December	49,297	77.7%	14,159	22.3%	63,456
Total for Quarter	146,040	75.7%	46,818	24.3%	192,858

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Table 5 - Land title records supplied - volume comparisons
July - December periods 2006 and 2007

	2006	2007	% Change
Certificate of Title records supplied	1,301,241	1,369,036	5.2%
Guaranteed Title Records supplied	148,112	137,405	-7.2%
Title Document Records supplied	268,987	324,041	20.5%
Total for Period	1,718,340	1,830,482	6.5%

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 2006 and 2007

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Table 6 - Land title document processing performance
October - December 2007

Paper Lodged	% within 15 working days (standard is 95%)
October	93%
November	97%
December	97%
Quarter	95%

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Table 7 - Survey plan lodgements
October - December periods 2006 and 2007

	2006	2007	% Change
October	1,324	1,199	-9.4%
November	1,405	1,209	-14.0%
December	1,104	1,044	-5.4%
Total for Quarter	3,833	3,452	-9.9%

See Graph 6 for monthly national survey plan lodgements during 2006 and 2007

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Table 8 - Survey plan processing performance
October - December 2007

Electronic Lodged	% within 10 working days (standard is 90%)
October	96%
November	96%
December	98%
Quarter	97%

Note: As all lodgements are now electronic, paper lodgements are no longer reported.

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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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