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Cross-lease titles in Maeroa

LINZ records 251 cross-lease titles in Maeroa, 24.9% of its 1,009 live titles: well above Hamilton City as a whole (11.2%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Maeroa: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
251
Share of live titles
24.9%
Hamilton City share
11.2%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Hamilton City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
4 of 26

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

By share it is in the highest quarter of 26 in Hamilton City, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the top quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Maeroa are set up

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally), up to 12.

Three-flat schemes are less common here (7%, against 12% nationally).

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

Scheme structureMaeroaHamilton CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)1213,52887,651
Two-flat schemes90.1%81.5%76.2%
Three-flat schemes7.4%9.5%12.2%
Four or more flats2.5%8.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,011 m²1,006 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat504 m²465 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease38.0%31.0%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease14.9%11.9%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area2.5%2.9%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)46.3%39.0%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198819871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1092,83154,978

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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