Summary:

The paper, as a part of broader studies on the practical usefulness of public registers enclosing the databases on real property, in tasks related to the property appraisal, includes results of research on the scope of data collected in the Register of Prices and Values of Real Estates and its essential relationship with the needs of appraisal in comparative approach. The appraisal procedures need to recognise the features of sold properties that can have an influence on the property price variability. Evaluations of these features underlie a detailed local market analysis. Therefore, the degree of meeting the appraisal needs by the above mentioned Register data was submitted to an examination. Presented analyses are demonstrated on the examples of extracts of registers, conducted by the offices of the district authorities in Lublin Voivodeship. In the summary, a generalized picture of accomplishment of governmental tasks in the mentioned scope was presented. Needs of changes in the scope of institutionally collected real estate market data, as well as possible ways of their implementation, were also indicated.