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Cross-lease titles in Tauranga South

LINZ records 685 cross-lease titles in Tauranga South, 25.7% of its 2,665 live titles: well above Tauranga City as a whole (13.5%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Tauranga South: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
685
Share of live titles
25.7%
Tauranga City share
13.5%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Tauranga City, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
2 of 18

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

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

How the cross-leases in Tauranga South are set up

Three-flat schemes are more common here (28%, against 12% nationally).

Two-flat schemes are less common here (60% of schemes, against 76% nationally).

Scheme structureTauranga SouthTauranga CityNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)2744,11987,651
Two-flat schemes59.5%82.8%76.2%
Three-flat schemes28.1%11.1%12.2%
Four or more flats12.4%6.0%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)912 m²850 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat404 m²410 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease27.7%19.0%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease15.0%7.9%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area3.6%4.6%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)39.4%48.8%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198519871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1513,06254,978

New cross-lease titles since 2020

9 of Tauranga South's cross-lease titles were first issued since 2020: 5% of all its new titles in that time, well above Tauranga City (3%) (new cross-lease titles can follow a flats plan being updated, so they are not new schemes).

Tauranga City suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Mount Maunganui2,45217.4%
Otūmoetai91024.0%
Papamoa Beach8967.1%
Gate Pa58622.9%
Greerton44927.1%
Matua42519.0%
Welcome Bay3969.8%
Judea38423.5%
Brookfield37817.9%
Bellevue36323.6%

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