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Cross-lease titles in Bethlehem

LINZ records 101 cross-lease titles in Bethlehem, 2.8% of its 3,548 live titles: well below Tauranga City as a whole (13.5%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Bethlehem: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
101
Share of live titles
2.8%
Tauranga City share
13.5%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Tauranga City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
17 of 18

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

By share it is 2nd lowest of 18 in Tauranga City, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the bottom tenth of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Bethlehem are set up

Three-flat schemes are less common here (2%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (2%, against 11% nationally).

Carports appear in fewer leases (9% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

Scheme structureBethlehemTauranga CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)534,11987,651
Two-flat schemes96.2%82.8%76.2%
Three-flat schemes1.9%11.1%12.2%
Four or more flats1.9%6.0%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)876 m²850 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat438 m²410 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease20.8%19.0%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease9.4%7.9%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area3.8%4.6%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)41.5%48.8%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198519871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more493,06254,978

Tauranga City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Mount Maunganui2,45217.4%
Otūmoetai91024.0%
Papamoa Beach8967.1%
Tauranga South68525.7%
Gate Pa58622.9%
Greerton44927.1%
Matua42519.0%
Welcome Bay3969.8%
Judea38423.5%
Brookfield37817.9%

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