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Cross-lease titles in Flaxmere

LINZ records 158 cross-lease titles in Flaxmere, 4.5% of its 3,508 live titles: slightly below Hastings District as a whole (5.0%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Flaxmere: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
158
Share of live titles
4.5%
Hastings District share
5.0%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Hastings District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
9 of 10

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

By share it is 2nd lowest of 10 in Hastings District, 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 Flaxmere are set up

Three-flat schemes are less common here (2%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer leases include a garage (7% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Carports appear in fewer leases (6% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Scheme structureFlaxmereHastings DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)8584887,651
Two-flat schemes97.6%71.6%76.2%
Three-flat schemes2.4%16.3%12.2%
Four or more flats0.0%12.1%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)820 m²1,005 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat408 m²430 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease7.1%28.2%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease5.9%4.4%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area3.5%6.1%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)54.1%38.0%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198719921988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more7953554,978

Hastings District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Havelock North3685.3%
Hastings26610.3%
Ākina19610.9%
Parkvale18611.3%
Mayfair1668.9%
Mahora1507.7%
Raureka1388.1%
Saint Leonards1228.2%
Frimley613.7%

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