Quarterly Statistics

Operational Statistics July 2008 – March 2009

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 - March periods 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

Transaction types	2007/2008	2008/2009	% Change
Transfers	153,718	107,368	-30.2%
Mortgages	132,573	92,615	-30.1%
Discharged Mortgages	132,505	95,975	-27.6%
Others	119,850	76,819	-35.9%
Total for Period	538,646	372,777	-30.8%

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 - March periods 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

	2007/2008	2008/2009	% Change
Title Plans lodged	10,316	7,692	-25.4%
New Titles issued	43,585	35,171	-19.3%

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
January – March 2009

Month	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
January	24,965	85.7%	4,157	14.3%	29,122
February	31,156	84.9%	5,527	15.1%	36,683
March	38,624	92.0%	3,341	8.0%	41,965
Total for Quarter	94,745	87.9%	13,025	12.1%	107,770

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

Record types	2007/2008	2008/2009	% Change
Certificate of Title records supplied	1,978,759	1,659,706	-16.1%
Guaranteed Title Records supplied	197,060	157,120	-20.3%
Title Document Records supplied	465,151	392,941	-15.5%
Total for Period	2,640,970	2,209,767	-16.3%

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 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

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Table 5 - Land title document processing performance
January - March 2009

Month	% within 15 working days (standard is 95%)
January	96%
February	97%
March	97%
Quarter	96%

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Table 6 - Cadastral Survey plan lodgements
January – March periods 2008 and 2009

Month	2008	2009	% Change
January	847	667	-21.3%
February	1,102	873	-20.8%
March	1,019	1,003	-1.6%
Total for Quarter	2,968	2,543	-14.3%

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

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Table 7 - Cadastral Survey plan processing performance
January – March 2009

Month	% within 10 working days (standard is 90%)
January	98%
February	100%
March	99%
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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