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Cross-lease titles in Woodhill

LINZ records 158 cross-lease titles in Woodhill, 20.4% of its 773 live titles: well above Whangarei District as a whole (7.3%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Woodhill: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
158
Share of live titles
20.4%
Whangarei District share
7.3%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Whangarei District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
4 of 14

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

Across New Zealand its share is in the top quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Woodhill are set up

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (28%, against 11% nationally), up to 10.

Three-flat schemes are more common here (30%, against 12% nationally).

Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Scheme structureWoodhillWhangarei DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)531,36787,651
Two-flat schemes41.5%65.3%76.2%
Three-flat schemes30.2%19.1%12.2%
Four or more flats28.3%15.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,012 m²920 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat355 m²394 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease28.3%19.9%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease17.0%12.1%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area1.9%1.8%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)34.0%30.9%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198919861988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1771254,978

New cross-lease titles since 2020

10 of Woodhill's cross-lease titles were first issued since 2020: 11% of all its new titles in that time, well above Whangarei District (1%) (new cross-lease titles can follow a flats plan being updated, so they are not new schemes).

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%
Morningside10812.0%
Whau Valley10612.2%
Maunu1005.6%

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