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Cross-lease titles in Mairehau

LINZ records 419 cross-lease titles in Mairehau, 12.2% of its 3,438 live titles: below Christchurch City as a whole (15.6%) and above New Zealand (8.7%).

Mairehau: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
419
Share of live titles
12.2%
Christchurch City share
15.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Christchurch City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
54 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.

How the cross-leases in Mairehau are set up

Three-flat schemes are less common here (3%, against 12% nationally).

More leases include a garage (60% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (3% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Scheme structureMairehauChristchurch CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)20712,52587,651
Two-flat schemes97.1%79.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes2.9%7.8%12.2%
Four or more flats0.0%12.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)807 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat402 m²369 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease59.9%52.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease9.2%5.2%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area2.9%2.1%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)31.9%25.6%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title199019891988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1546,56454,978

New cross-lease titles since 2020

6 of Mairehau's cross-lease titles were first issued since 2020: 3% of all its new titles in that time, against Christchurch City (1%) (new cross-lease titles can follow a flats plan being updated, so they are not new schemes).

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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