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Cross-lease titles in Ruakākā

LINZ records 51 cross-lease titles in Ruakākā, 2.3% of its 2,213 live titles: well below Whangarei District as a whole (7.3%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Ruakākā: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
51
Share of live titles
2.3%
Whangarei District share
7.3%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Whangarei District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
14 of 14

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

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

How the cross-leases in Ruakākā are set up

Carports appear in more leases (62% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Three-flat schemes are less common here (4%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (4%, against 11% nationally).

Scheme structureRuakākāWhangarei DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)261,36787,651
Two-flat schemes92.3%65.3%76.2%
Three-flat schemes3.8%19.1%12.2%
Four or more flats3.8%15.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)793 m²920 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat396 m²394 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease15.4%19.9%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease61.5%12.1%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area3.8%1.8%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)30.8%30.9%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198519861988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1871254,978

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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