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Cross-lease titles in Awapuni, Palmerston North City

LINZ records 134 cross-lease titles in Awapuni, 4.1% of its 3,244 live titles: below Palmerston North City as a whole (5.7%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Awapuni, Palmerston North City: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
134
Share of live titles
4.1%
Palmerston North City share
5.7%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Palmerston North City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
10 of 11

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

By share it is 2nd lowest of 11 in Palmerston North 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 Awapuni are set up

Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (17%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.

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

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (7%, against 11% nationally).

Scheme structureAwapuniPalmerston North CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)6073487,651
Two-flat schemes76.7%65.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes16.7%13.8%12.2%
Four or more flats6.7%20.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)805 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat370 m²348 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease23.3%16.8%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease8.3%12.8%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area0.0%1.2%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)16.7%23.7%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198419851988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more3129254,978

Palmerston North City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Palmerston North44810.0%
Roslyn1947.1%
West End1949.4%
Hokowhitu1844.6%
Kelvin Grove1674.7%
Milson1676.1%
Terrace End1316.7%
Takaro1225.3%
Cloverlea12013.8%
Highbury853.9%

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