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Cross-lease titles in Milson

LINZ records 167 cross-lease titles in Milson, 6.1% of its 2,750 live titles: against Palmerston North City as a whole (5.7%) and below New Zealand (8.7%).

Milson: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
167
Share of live titles
6.1%
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
6 of 11

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

Across New Zealand its share is in the bottom quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Milson are set up

Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (1% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Fewer leases include a garage (11% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Three-flat schemes are less common here (6%, against 12% nationally).

Scheme structureMilsonPalmerston North CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)7373487,651
Two-flat schemes84.9%65.7%76.2%
Three-flat schemes5.5%13.8%12.2%
Four or more flats8.2%20.2%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)782 m²809 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat375 m²348 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease11.0%16.8%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease21.9%12.8%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area1.4%1.2%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)23.3%23.7%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198419851988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more3929254,978

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%
Awapuni1344.1%
Terrace End1316.7%
Takaro1225.3%
Cloverlea12013.8%
Highbury853.9%

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