property_rules
Can a foreigner buy a home there — ownership band, restrictions, transfer tax
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Whether a foreigner may buy residential property in each of the 41 spine countries: an ownership band (free, restricted, leasehold-only, prohibited), the main restrictions in a sentence, whether land itself may be owned, and the headline transfer tax a buyer pays with a note on surcharges and fees — a hand-curated register with the official page and check date per row; an entry read from secondary reporting because the official page could not be fetched is marked confidence: "secondary". country for one entry, countries for a side-by-side; without either, all 41 ranked free-first then by transfer tax, optionally within one band. Rules change by decree and by region (Canada's ban runs to 2027, Australia's established-home ban to March 2027, Saudi Arabia's new law from January 2026). Published rules for information only — not legal advice; every response says so first.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | no | One ISO alpha-2 code. |
| countries | string | no | Comma-separated ISO alpha-2 codes, two or more, for a side-by-side. |
| band | string | no | Restrict the ranking to one ownership band. |
| limit | number | no | Return at most this many countries. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One ISO alpha-2 code."
},
"countries": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated ISO alpha-2 codes, two or more, for a side-by-side."
},
"band": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"free",
"restricted",
"leasehold-only",
"prohibited"
],
"description": "Restrict the ranking to one ownership band."
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Return at most this many countries."
}
}
}