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Cross-lease titles in Ngāruawāhia

LINZ records 199 cross-lease titles in Ngāruawāhia, 5.8% of its 3,458 live titles: well above Waikato District as a whole (1.9%) and well below New Zealand (8.7%).

Ngāruawāhia: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
199
Share of live titles
5.8%
Waikato District share
1.9%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Waikato District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
2 of 4

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

By share it is 2nd highest of 4 in Waikato 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 Ngāruawāhia are set up

Carports appear in fewer leases (6% of schemes, against 13% nationally).

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

Three-flat schemes are more common here (19%, against 12% nationally).

Scheme structureNgāruawāhiaWaikato DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)8333087,651
Two-flat schemes68.7%78.8%76.2%
Three-flat schemes19.3%13.6%12.2%
Four or more flats12.0%7.0%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,086 m²1,024 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat442 m²498 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease14.5%23.9%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease6.0%4.8%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area3.6%8.2%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)42.2%33.9%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title198719871988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more5025054,978

Waikato District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Raglan2546.6%
Huntly1373.7%
Tuakau923.4%

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