The fees collected from all transactions touched the RO40.4mn figure a 18.5 per cent increase. The traded value of sales contracts also increased by 2.3 per cent to record RO1.02bn.

The number of sales contracts however decreased by 2.8 per cent to 66540 compared to 68426 during the same period of 2014.

The traded value of mortgage contracts increased by 67.4 per cent to touch RO2.37bn compared to RO1.42bn during the same period of 2014.

The traded value of barter contracts touched RO17.6mn till the end of October compared to RO9.2mn during the same period of 2014 a jump of 91.3 per cent. The number of barter contracts also recorded an increase of 17.8 per cent to reach 1133 by the end of October compared to 962 during the same period of 2014.

Statistics showed that 200021 title deeds were issued by the end of October compared to 185573 during the same period last year a 7.8 per cent rise.

The number of title deeds issued to GCC nationals came down to 1959 compared to 2672 recorded during the same period of 2014 a decline of 26.7 per cent.