Quarterly Statistics

Operational Statistics July 2006 - June 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.

---

Table 1 - Land title document lodgements - volume comparisons
July - June periods 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

	2005/2006	2006/2007	% Change
Transfers	229,518	145,337	-36.7%
Mortgages	198,662	120,659	-39.3%
Discharged Mortgages	171,531	87,336	-49.1%
Others	278,104	533,045	91.7%
Total for Period	877,815	886,377	1.0%

See Graph 1 for monthly national title document lodgements during 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

Note: The figures above for Transfers/Mortgages/Discharged Mortgages are paper lodged documents. Electronically lodged Transfer/Mortgage/Discharge Mortgage documents are included in the Others category.

---

Table 2 - Land title plan lodgements and new title issues comparisons
July - June periods 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

	2005/2006	2006/2007	% Change
Title Plans lodged	13,072	8,908	-31.9%
New Titles issued	59,548	40,105	-32.9%

See Graph 2 for monthly national volumes of title plan lodgements and new title issues during 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

---

Table 3 - Survey plan volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
April - June 2007

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
April	696	66.5%	351	33.5%	1,047
May	933	68.6%	427	31.4%	1,360
June	897	67.7%	428	32.3%	1,325
Total for Quarter	2,526	67.7%	1,206	32.3%	3,732

Electronic lodgements are increasing. However the increase in paper lodgements ahead of the 1 September 2007 mandatory lodge date has kept the overall electronic uptake percentage static for the quarter.

---

Table 4 - Land title document volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
April - June 2007

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
April	44,254	58.1%	31,935	41.9%	76,189
May	51,236	63.6%	29,268	36.4%	80,504
June	49,565	70.1%	21,142	29.9%	70,707
Total for Quarter	145,055	63.8%	82,345	36.2%	227,400

Electronic lodgements using Landonline have increased markedly in comparison with the previous quarter as a result of the 1 May 2007 mandatory lodgement date for discharge of mortgages.

---

Table 5 - Land title records supplied - volume comparisons
July - June periods 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

	2005/2006	2006/2007	% Change
Certificate of Title records supplied	2,511,502	1,993,215	-20.6%
Guaranteed Title Records supplied	295,660	229,687	-22.3%
Title Document Records supplied	453,019	452,629	-0.1%
Total for Period	3,260,181	2,675,531	-17.9%

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 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

---

Table 6 - Land title document processing performance
April - June 2007

Paper Lodged	% within 15 working days (standard is 95%)
April	98%
May	97%
June	95%
Quarter	97%

---

Table 7 - Survey plan lodgements
April - June periods 2006 and 2007

	2006	2007	% Change
April	1,032	1,047	1.5%
May	1,398	1,360	-2.7%
June	1,263	1,325	4.9%
Total for Quarter	3,693	3,732	1.1%

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

---

Table 8 - Survey plan processing performance
April - June 2007

Paper Lodged	% within 20 working days (standard is 90%)
April	89%
May	83%
June	59%
Quarter	78%

Electronic Lodged	% within 10 working days (standard is 90%)
April	94%
May	93%
June	74%
Quarter	87%

The lower performance is due in part to the increased number of paper lodgements ahead of 1 September 2007 mandatory date and in part to a focus on in-house training initiatives.

---

Graph 1

Return to Table 1

---

Graph 2

Return to Table 2

---

Graph 3

Return to Table 5

---

Graph 4

Return to Table 5

---

Graph 5

Return to Table 5

---

Graph 6

Return to Table 7