01 · Property particulars → what is being sold
Start with the property identity
Match the address, lot and shares to the transaction documents. This case includes only the flat register. An advertisement saying “with parking” does not add the parking title to it; obtain and check that separate register.
Official reference ↗02 · Owner section → who; pending section → what remains unfinished
Separate owner from beneficiary
Find CHAN MAN KIT under Owner Particulars. LEE KA YAN appears as beneficiary of the pending agreement. A different name there does not establish a changed registered owner, or prove the pending agreement invalid.
Official reference ↗03 · Incumbrances → a risk indicator, not a bank statement
An amount is not a balance certificate
HK$4,000,000 is the consideration shown for this mortgage entry, not a certified balance on the search date. The register has no repayment ledger. Obtain bank balance/redemption information and the instrument, with a solicitor handling discharge arrangements.
Official reference ↗04 · Pending section → check status and the instrument
Execution, lodgement and registration differ
REGISTRATION WITHHELD means registration is held up, not that the instrument disappears. Execution, delivery and completed registration dates are different. Investigate the pending agreement and the reason for withholding; do not assume a completed transfer or no effect.
Official reference ↗05 · Time in the question → check the records again
Refresh the search when signing moves
A two-week delay means the 25 September search cannot replace checking immediately before signing on 9 October. An agent acting for a residential vendor must search immediately before the agreement and provide the purchaser with a copy, not do so afterwards.
Official reference ↗06 · Known fact → unsupported inference → document needed
Finish by naming the missing evidence
A register indexes documents; it does not reproduce every clause. Obtain the mortgage and applicable consent to assess letting restrictions, or the agreement to assess the pending transaction. An absent entry does not establish that a property has no legal or physical problems.
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