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Cross-lease titles in Holdens Bay

LINZ records 87 cross-lease titles in Holdens Bay, 38.3% of its 227 live titles: well above Rotorua District as a whole (12.8%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Holdens Bay: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
87
Share of live titles
38.3%
Rotorua District share
12.8%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Rotorua District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
1 of 21

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

By share it is the highest of 21 in Rotorua 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 Holdens Bay are set up

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (33%, against 11% nationally), up to 6.

Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (9% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Three-flat schemes are more common here (21%, against 12% nationally).

Scheme structureHoldens BayRotorua DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)331,95887,651
Two-flat schemes45.5%82.2%76.2%
Three-flat schemes21.2%9.2%12.2%
Four or more flats33.3%8.3%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,312 m²1,022 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat553 m²506 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease30.3%23.4%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease0.0%5.5%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area9.1%4.0%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)51.5%27.5%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198719871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more151,56554,978

Rotorua District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Glenholme56929.6%
Ōwhata36512.6%
Victoria35534.2%
Western Heights32025.4%
Mangakakahi28316.1%
Koutu27727.8%
Ngongotahā26312.4%
Pukehangi24313.5%
Springfield21114.8%
Lynmore16412.0%

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