Quarterly Statistics

Operational Statistics July 2007 - September 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 - September periods 2006 and 2007

	2006	2007	% Change
Transfers	62,568	55,975	-10.5%
Mortgages	56,508	48,798	-13.6%
Discharged Mortgages	56,079	47,868	-14.6%
Others	45,822	44,124	-3.7%
Total for Period	220,977	196,765	-11.0%

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

Note: 2006 figures reset to combine electronic and paper lodged

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

	2006	2007	% Change
Title Plans lodged	3,484	4,381	25.7%
New Titles issued	13,354	14,195	6.3%

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 paper and electronic form
July - September 2007

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
July	1,056	74.6%	360	25.4%	1,416
August	1,189	53.7%	1,026	46.3%	2,215
September	943	77.7%	271	22.3%	1,214
Total for Quarter	3,188	65.8%	1,657	34.2%	4,845

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Table 4 - Land title document volumes lodged in paper and electronic form
July - September 2007

	Electronic lodgement	% of total	Paper lodgement	% of total	Total
July	50,446	69.7%	21,978	30.3%	72,424
August	50,268	72.4%	19,168	27.6%	69,436
September	39,971	72.8%	14,934	27.2%	54,905
Total for Quarter	140,685	71.5%	56,080	28.5%	196,765

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

	2006	2007	% Change
Certificate of Title records supplied	649,181	714,435	10.1%
Guaranteed Title Records supplied	67,985	66,313	-2.5%
Title Document Records supplied	128,839	164,763	27.9%
Total for Period	846,005	945,511	11.8%

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
July - September 2007

Paper Lodged	% within 15 working days (standard is 95%)
July	93%
August	93%
September	95%
Quarter	94%

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Table 7 - Survey plan lodgements
July - September 2007

	2006	2007	% Change
July	1,321	1,416	7.2%
August	1,380	2,215	60.5%
September	1,255	1,214	-3.3%
Total for Quarter	3,956	4,845	22.5%

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

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Table 8 - Survey plan processing performance
July - September 2007

Paper Lodged	% within 20 working days (standard is 90%)
July	54%
August	65%
September	86%
Quarter	71%

Electronic Lodged	% within 10 working days (standard is 90%)
July	77%
August	99%
September	98%
Quarter	90%

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.

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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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