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Cross-lease titles in Hokowhitu

LINZ records 184 cross-lease titles in Hokowhitu, 4.6% of its 4,017 live titles: slightly below Palmerston North City as a whole (5.7%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Hokowhitu: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
184
Share of live titles
4.6%
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
9 of 11

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

By share it is 3rd 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 Hokowhitu are set up

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (19%, against 11% nationally), up to 15.

Three-flat schemes are more common here (20%, against 12% nationally).

Carports appear in fewer leases (9% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Scheme structureHokowhituPalmerston North CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)6573487,651
Two-flat schemes61.5%65.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes20.0%13.8%12.2%
Four or more flats18.5%20.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)911 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat371 m²348 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease23.1%16.8%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease9.2%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)24.6%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%
Kelvin Grove1674.7%
Milson1676.1%
Awapuni1344.1%
Terrace End1316.7%
Takaro1225.3%
Cloverlea12013.8%
Highbury853.9%

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