The impact of property title type on residential property returns
Abstract
Residential property in New Zealand comprises both freestanding residential properties and medium to high density residential properties. Medium to high density residential property comprises the typical units, townhouses and semi-detached houses common in most residential property markets. However, in many of the larger cities of New Zealand the free standing residential property market has evolved into two separate markets being freehold residential property and cross lease residential property.
Cross leases have developed as a form of infill housing to reduce the urban sprawl in major canters, while reducing the time and cost for residential property developers. A cross lease is created when an existing freestanding residential property subdivides a portion of the existing land for the erection of another house on the original title, basically dividing one larger residential section into two smaller residential blocks.
This paper will analyse house prices in Christchurch over the period 1992 to 2006 to determine if the various housing markets have shown similar capital returns or if there is a specific preference for a particular residential property title.... [Show full abstract]
Date
2008-01Type
Conference Contribution - publishedCollections
Citation
Eves, C. (2008). The impact of property title type on residential property returns. In Proceedings of the 14th annual conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-23 January, 2008.Related items
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