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Cross-lease titles in Koutu

LINZ records 277 cross-lease titles in Koutu, 27.8% of its 997 live titles: well above Rotorua District as a whole (12.8%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Koutu: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
277
Share of live titles
27.8%
Rotorua District share
12.8%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Rotorua District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
4 of 21

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

By share it is in the highest quarter 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 Koutu are set up

Carports appear in fewer leases (4% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Fewer leases include a garage (10% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Three-flat schemes are less common here (7%, against 12% nationally).

Scheme structureKoutuRotorua DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)1381,95887,651
Two-flat schemes87.0%82.2%76.2%
Three-flat schemes6.5%9.2%12.2%
Four or more flats6.5%8.3%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,012 m²1,022 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat506 m²506 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease10.1%23.4%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease3.6%5.5%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area5.8%4.0%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)26.8%27.5%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198619871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1201,56554,978

Rotorua District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Glenholme56929.6%
Ōwhata36512.6%
Victoria35534.2%
Western Heights32025.4%
Mangakakahi28316.1%
Ngongotahā26312.4%
Pukehangi24313.5%
Springfield21114.8%
Lynmore16412.0%
Fairy Spring15116.8%

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