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Buying guides, tax and financing explainers and rental-yield analysis, written for the international investor.
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Financing a Dominican Republic property as a foreigner
What Dominican banks actually publish for non-residents, what the Central Bank's own rate series says, and how developer financing really works when a project fails.
Dominican Republic market trends by zone
There is no official Dominican house price index. Here is what the real data shows, why a chunk of the headline growth is currency, and how the zones actually differ.
Short-term rental and yield in the Dominican Republic
Data platforms disagree about Dominican rental income by a factor of two. Here is why, what a real owner actually netted, and the registration rules arriving now.
Closing costs and taxes when you buy in the DR
What you pay at closing, every year, on rental income and on exit, with the 2026 figures and the June 2026 tax changes most guides have not caught up with.
CONFOTUR explained: the DR's tax incentive for buyers
What the CONFOTUR tourism-incentive law waives, for how long, what it does not cover, and the resale rule that most buyers are told wrong.
Buying property in the Dominican Republic: step by step
From offer to registered title: how the purchase process works for foreign buyers in the DR, and the title problem that catches most of them.