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Cross-lease titles in Fitzroy, Hamilton City

LINZ records 52 cross-lease titles in Fitzroy, 6.2% of its 845 live titles: well below Hamilton City as a whole (11.2%) and below New Zealand (8.7%).

Fitzroy, Hamilton City: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
52
Share of live titles
6.2%
Hamilton City share
11.2%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Hamilton City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
24 of 26

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

By share it is 3rd lowest of 26 in Hamilton 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 Fitzroy are set up

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (4%, against 11% nationally), up to 14.

Fewer leases include a garage (15% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Carports appear in fewer leases (8% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Scheme structureFitzroyHamilton CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)263,52887,651
Two-flat schemes96.2%81.5%76.2%
Three-flat schemes0.0%9.5%12.2%
Four or more flats3.8%8.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)897 m²1,006 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat448 m²465 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease15.4%31.0%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease7.7%11.9%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area3.8%2.9%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)53.8%39.0%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198919871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more252,83154,978

Hamilton City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Nawton1,05826.3%
Hamilton East1,02715.9%
Frankton67513.7%
Dinsdale64317.9%
Fairfield47317.8%
St Andrews41117.4%
Hillcrest34512.2%
Claudelands33325.2%
Melville32613.3%
Chartwell2836.6%

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