The Land Registry recorded 83,815 sale and purchase agreements for all building units in 2017, up 14.8% year-on-year.
The total consideration for these agreements was $726.42 billion, up 36.3%.
The number of assignments of building units was 103,663, up 34%.
The total consideration for these assignments was $683.14 billion, up 38.4%.
There were 5,181,813 land-register searches, up 10.2%.