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Cross-lease titles in Brooklyn, Wellington City

LINZ records 149 cross-lease titles in Brooklyn, 5.6% of its 2,665 live titles: close to Wellington City as a whole (5.6%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Brooklyn, Wellington City: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
149
Share of live titles
5.6%
Wellington City share
5.6%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Wellington City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
joint 15 of 23

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 Brooklyn are set up

Three-flat schemes are less common here (3%, against 12% nationally).

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

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

Scheme structureBrooklynWellington CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)662,13087,651
Two-flat schemes84.8%82.4%76.2%
Three-flat schemes3.0%6.7%12.2%
Four or more flats12.1%10.4%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)728 m²759 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat350 m²350 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease10.6%18.0%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease10.6%8.1%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area3.0%4.3%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)28.8%22.5%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198619871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more3299154,978

Wellington City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Johnsonville61613.1%
Karori4697.9%
Tawa3806.8%
Miramar3358.8%
Newlands32810.5%
Churton Park2719.2%
Khandallah2306.6%
Woodridge18625.4%
Lyall Bay16611.7%
Ngaio1647.0%

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