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Cross-lease titles in Akaroa

LINZ records 89 cross-lease titles in Akaroa, 5.6% of its 1,584 live titles: well below Christchurch City as a whole (15.6%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Akaroa: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
89
Share of live titles
5.6%
Christchurch City share
15.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Christchurch City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
65 of 68

https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/50804-nz-property-titles/

By share it is in the lowest quarter of 68 in Christchurch City, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the bottom quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Akaroa are set up

Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (21%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.

Fewer leases include a garage (21% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Three-flat schemes are less common here (9%, against 12% nationally).

Scheme structureAkaroaChristchurch CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)3412,52587,651
Two-flat schemes79.4%79.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes8.8%7.8%12.2%
Four or more flats11.8%12.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)789 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat355 m²369 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease20.6%52.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease11.8%5.2%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area0.0%2.1%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)20.6%25.6%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title199219891988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more176,56454,978

Christchurch City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
St Albans1,67424.5%
Riccarton1,33127.2%
Linwood1,16523.6%
Avonhead98224.2%
Sydenham98220.5%
Ilam96427.4%
Edgeware87036.8%
Woolston86215.2%
Spreydon85219.6%
Hornby83723.3%

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