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Cross-lease titles in Dunedin Central

LINZ records 123 cross-lease titles in Dunedin Central, 3.4% of its 3,614 live titles: below Dunedin City as a whole (4.9%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Dunedin Central: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
123
Share of live titles
3.4%
Dunedin City share
4.9%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Dunedin City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
12 of 13

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

By share it is 2nd lowest of 13 in Dunedin City, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the bottom tenth of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Dunedin Central are set up

Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (7%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (31%, against 11% nationally), up to 10.

Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (10% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Scheme structureDunedin CentralDunedin CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)421,21087,651
Two-flat schemes47.6%70.9%76.2%
Three-flat schemes21.4%10.7%12.2%
Four or more flats31.0%18.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)568 m²632 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat214 m²270 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease19.0%32.4%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease11.9%17.5%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area9.5%3.6%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)7.1%10.2%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198019801988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more323954,978

Dunedin City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Mosgiel6268.9%
Saint Kilda57325.3%
South Dunedin35616.9%
Caversham16512.2%
Maori Hill988.2%
North East Valley965.4%
Roslyn859.8%
Saint Clair855.5%
Forbury Corner6716.7%
North Dunedin673.0%

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