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Cross-lease titles in Maunu

LINZ records 100 cross-lease titles in Maunu, 5.6% of its 1,791 live titles: below Whangarei District as a whole (7.3%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Maunu: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
100
Share of live titles
5.6%
Whangarei District share
7.3%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Whangarei District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
13 of 14

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

By share it is 2nd lowest of 14 in Whangarei 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 Maunu are set up

Carports appear in fewer leases (5% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Three-flat schemes are less common here (5%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (5%, against 11% nationally), up to 61.

Scheme structureMaunuWhangarei DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)201,36787,651
Two-flat schemes90.0%65.3%76.2%
Three-flat schemes5.0%19.1%12.2%
Four or more flats5.0%15.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)980 m²920 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat440 m²394 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease20.0%19.9%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease5.0%12.1%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area0.0%1.8%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)40.0%30.9%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198819861988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1771254,978

Whangarei District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Kensington64030.6%
Te Kamo4819.3%
Onerahi39714.7%
Tikipunga32912.1%
Raumanga30816.6%
Avenues27127.9%
Regent22724.8%
Woodhill15820.4%
Morningside10812.0%
Whau Valley10612.2%

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