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Cross-lease titles in Ngongotahā

LINZ records 263 cross-lease titles in Ngongotahā, 12.4% of its 2,129 live titles: close to Rotorua District as a whole (12.8%) and above New Zealand (8.7%).

Ngongotahā: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
263
Share of live titles
12.4%
Rotorua District share
12.8%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Rotorua District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
17 of 21

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

By share it is in the lowest quarter of 21 in Rotorua District, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles.

How the cross-leases in Ngongotahā are set up

Carports appear in fewer leases (2% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally).

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

Scheme structureNgongotahāRotorua DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)1301,95887,651
Two-flat schemes84.6%82.2%76.2%
Three-flat schemes10.8%9.2%12.2%
Four or more flats3.1%8.3%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,024 m²1,022 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat508 m²506 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease23.1%23.4%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease2.3%5.5%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area8.5%4.0%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)40.8%27.5%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198719871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1081,56554,978

New cross-lease titles since 2020

10 of Ngongotahā's cross-lease titles were first issued since 2020: 10% of all its new titles in that time, well above Rotorua District (2%) (new cross-lease titles can follow a flats plan being updated, so they are not new schemes).

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%
Pukehangi24313.5%
Springfield21114.8%
Lynmore16412.0%
Fairy Spring15116.8%

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