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Cross-lease titles in Russley

LINZ records 300 cross-lease titles in Russley, 26.2% of its 1,146 live titles: well above Christchurch City as a whole (15.6%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Russley: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
300
Share of live titles
26.2%
Christchurch City share
15.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Christchurch City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
6 of 68

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

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

How the cross-leases in Russley are set up

Three-flat schemes are less common here (1%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (1%, against 11% nationally).

Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (1% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Scheme structureRussleyChristchurch CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)14812,52587,651
Two-flat schemes97.3%79.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes1.4%7.8%12.2%
Four or more flats1.4%12.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)812 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat406 m²369 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease66.2%52.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease2.7%5.2%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area1.4%2.1%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)37.2%25.6%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title199119891988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more946,56454,978

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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