URBAN land records will be available via computer when the Land Registry launches an on-line search service next month.
Currently, anyone who wants information on a piece of property or land has to visit the registry's search counters.
But the new service will allow subscribers to access information by simply keying details of a property into their office or home computer.
The Land Registrar, Kenneth Pang Tsan-wing, said target customers included law firms, banks, surveyors, accountants and estate agents.
Subscribers will have to pay a minimum of $19,100 just to get hooked up to the new service, so it is unlikely to prove cost-effective for someone who makes only a few searches a year.
But the direct computer access to records will be in addition to the walk-in service already available at the Land Registry.