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Cross-lease titles in Wharewaka

LINZ records 66 cross-lease titles in Wharewaka, 3.9% of its 1,702 live titles: well below Taupo District as a whole (11.8%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Wharewaka: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
66
Share of live titles
3.9%
Taupo District share
11.8%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Taupo District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
joint 10 of 11

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

By share it is joint lowest of 11 in Taupo District, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the bottom quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Wharewaka are set up

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally), up to 12.

Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (15% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Fewer leases include a garage (15% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Scheme structureWharewakaTaupo DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)331,56487,651
Two-flat schemes97.0%87.9%76.2%
Three-flat schemes0.0%7.0%12.2%
Four or more flats3.0%4.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,000 m²1,012 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat500 m²506 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease15.2%24.6%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease0.0%5.9%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area15.2%9.8%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)63.6%56.0%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title199819911988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more321,34654,978

Taupo District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Taupō1,50427.7%
Nukuhau41020.2%
Hilltop37024.8%
Tauhara29924.0%
Waipahihi15317.4%
Tūrangi1243.9%
Acacia Bay785.3%
Richmond Heights756.9%
Two Mile Bay7317.2%
Rainbow Point6217.3%

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