Quarterly Statistics

Operational Statistics July 2006 - March 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 - March periods 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

	2005/2006	2006/2007	% Change
Transfers	185,677	189,772	2.2%
Mortgages	163,866	170,596	4.1%
Discharged Mortgages	163,045	168,062	3.1%
Others	137,599	130,547	-5.1%
Total for Period	650,187	658,977	1.4%

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

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

	2005/2006	2006/2207	% Change
Title Plans lodged	9,909	9,128	-7.9%
New Titles issued	43,867	39,976	-8.9%

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

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Table 3 - Survey plan volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
January - March 2007

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
January	565	59.9%	379	40.1%	944
February	670	63.6%	383	36.4%	1,053
March	810	62.5%	486	37.5%	1,296
Total for Quarter	2,045	62.1%	1,248	37.9%	3,293

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
January - March 2007

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
January	22,958	39.5%	35,189	60.5%	58,147
February	31,101	44.7%	38,489	55.3%	69,590
March	41,680	52.0%	38,440	48.0%	80,120
Total for Quarter	95,739	46.1%	112,118	53.9%	207,857

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 - March periods 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

	2005/2006	2006/2007	% Change
Certificate of Title records supplied	1,864,249	1,970,673	5.7%
Guaranteed Title Records supplied	216,827	220,939	1.9%
Title Document Records supplied	333,330	422,023	26.6%
Total for Period	2,414,406	2,613,635	8.3%

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

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Table 6 - Land title document processing performance
January - March 2007

Paper Lodged	% within 15 working days (standard is 95%)
January	83%
February	98%
March	98%
Quarter	92%

The lower performance during January is due to clearing the pre-Christmas build up of transactions.

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Table 7 - Survey plan lodgements
January - March periods 2006 and 2007

	2006	2007	% Change
January	856	944	10.3%
February	1,037	1,053	1.5%
March	1,385	1,296	-6.4%
Total for Quarter	3,278	3,293	0.5%

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

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Table 8 - Survey plan processing performance
January - March 2007

Paper Lodged	% within 20 working days (standard is 90%)
January	68%
February	91%
March	90%
Quarter	83%

Electronic Lodged	% within 10 working days (standard is 90%)
January	88%
February	98%
March	99%
Quarter	95%

The lower performance during January is due to clearing the pre-Christmas build up of transactions.

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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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