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Cross-lease titles in Victoria

LINZ records 355 cross-lease titles in Victoria, 34.2% of its 1,038 live titles: well above Rotorua District as a whole (12.8%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Victoria: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
355
Share of live titles
34.2%
Rotorua District share
12.8%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Rotorua District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
2 of 21

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

By share it is 2nd 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 Victoria are set up

More schemes have four or more flats on one section (33%, against 11% nationally), up to 9.

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

Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (18%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.

Scheme structureVictoriaRotorua DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)1231,95887,651
Two-flat schemes43.9%82.2%76.2%
Three-flat schemes22.8%9.2%12.2%
Four or more flats33.3%8.3%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,011 m²1,022 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat325 m²506 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease18.7%23.4%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease8.1%5.5%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area2.4%4.0%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)17.9%27.5%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198519871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more291,56554,978

Rotorua District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Glenholme56929.6%
Ōwhata36512.6%
Western Heights32025.4%
Mangakakahi28316.1%
Koutu27727.8%
Ngongotahā26312.4%
Pukehangi24313.5%
Springfield21114.8%
Lynmore16412.0%
Fairy Spring15116.8%

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