Quarterly Statistics

Operational Statistics July 2008 - December 2008

Contents

1. Land title document lodgements - volume comparisons
2. Land title plan lodgements and new title issues comparisons
3. Land title document volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
4. Land title records supplied - volume comparisons
5. Land title document processing performance
6. Survey plan lodgements
7. 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 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

	2007/2008	2008/2009	% Change
Transfers	111,238	75,327	-32.3%
Mortgages	96,198	63,893	-33.6%
Discharged Mortgages	96,048	66,502	-30.8%
Others	86,139	59,285	-31.2%
Total for Period	389,623	265,007	-32.0%

See Graph 1 for monthly national title document lodgements during 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

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Table 2 - Land title plan lodgements and new title issues comparisons
July - December periods 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

	2007/2008	2008/2009	% Change
Title Plans lodged	7,572	5,619	-25.8%
New Titles issued	31,163	25,699	-17.5%

See Graph 2 for monthly national volumes of title plan lodgements and new title issues during 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

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Table 3 - Land title document volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
October - December 2008

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
October	34,809	78.0%	9,834	22.0%	44,643
November	31,387	82.3%	6,733	17.7%	38,120
December	37,722	86.2%	6,030	13.8%	43,752
Total for Quarter	103,918	82.1%	22,597	17.9%	126,515

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Table 4 - Land title records supplied - volume comparisons
July - December periods 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

	2007/2008	2008/2009	% Change
Certificate of Title records supplied	1,369,036	1,141,383	-16.6%
Guaranteed Title Records supplied	137,675	105,020	-23.7%
Title Document Records supplied	324,041	259,984	-19.8%
Total for Period	1,830,752	1,506,387	-17.7%

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 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

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Table 5 - Land title document processing performance
October - December 2008

Paper Lodged	% within 15 working days (standard is 95%)
October	97%
November	98%
December	97%
Quarter	97%

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Table 6 - Cadastral Survey plan lodgements
October - December periods 2007 and 2008

	2007	2008	% Change
October	1,199	1,030	-14.1%
November	1,209	931	-23.0%
December	1,044	959	-8.1%
Total for Quarter	3,452	2,920	-15.4%

See Graph 6 for monthly national survey plan lodgements during 2007 and 2008

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Table 7 - Cadastral Survey plan processing performance
October - December 2008

Electronic Lodged	% within 10 working days (standard is 90%)
October	99%
November	99%
December	100%
Quarter	99%

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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