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Cross-lease titles in Avenues

LINZ records 271 cross-lease titles in Avenues, 27.9% of its 970 live titles: well above Whangarei District as a whole (7.3%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Avenues: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
271
Share of live titles
27.9%
Whangarei District share
7.3%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Whangarei District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
2 of 14

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

By share it is 2nd highest of 14 in Whangarei District, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the top tenth of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Avenues are set up

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

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (38%, against 11% nationally), up to 18.

Two-flat schemes are less common here (41% of schemes, against 76% nationally).

Scheme structureAvenuesWhangarei DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)851,36787,651
Two-flat schemes41.2%65.3%76.2%
Three-flat schemes21.2%19.1%12.2%
Four or more flats37.6%15.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,011 m²920 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat337 m²394 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease35.3%19.9%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease14.1%12.1%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area1.2%1.8%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)30.6%30.9%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198519861988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more2671254,978

Whangarei District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Kensington64030.6%
Te Kamo4819.3%
Onerahi39714.7%
Tikipunga32912.1%
Raumanga30816.6%
Regent22724.8%
Woodhill15820.4%
Morningside10812.0%
Whau Valley10612.2%
Maunu1005.6%

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