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Cross-lease titles in Temuka

LINZ records 170 cross-lease titles in Temuka, 5.9% of its 2,869 live titles: close to Timaru District as a whole (6.3%) and below New Zealand (8.7%).

Temuka: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
170
Share of live titles
5.9%
Timaru District share
6.3%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Timaru District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
10 of 12

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

By share it is 3rd lowest of 12 in Timaru 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 Temuka are set up

Three-flat schemes are more common here (21%, against 12% nationally).

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

Scheme structureTemukaTimaru DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)6862087,651
Two-flat schemes67.6%64.4%76.2%
Three-flat schemes20.6%19.2%12.2%
Four or more flats11.8%16.5%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,006 m²831 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat374 m²337 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease26.5%32.1%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease13.2%11.1%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area2.9%2.7%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)35.3%28.7%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198719841988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more3023054,978

Timaru District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
West End23418.7%
Highfield19511.4%
Seaview19518.5%
Maori Hill15727.0%
Geraldine985.3%
Glenwood9111.2%
Gleniti906.4%
Parkside907.1%
Waimataitai638.3%
Marchwiel573.6%

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