Every market foreigners buy into has its own legal minefield. We build a country-specific rulebook for each one, starting where the danger and demand are highest. Bali and Thailand are live today.
An estimated 10,500 properties held in illegal nominee structures (K3NI). 2026 regulation now criminalises these arrangements with asset seizure. The most urgent market for Australian buyers, and fully covered today.
Check a Bali deal →A 2025 Supreme Court ruling struck down the "30+30+30" lease-extension trap many villa contracts still use — the legal cap is 30 years. Meanwhile Thai authorities have flagged 46,918 companies for nominee investigation (DBD, 2025). Foreigners can own condos freehold within the 49% quota — 14,899 transferred in 2025. We check the structure, the developer, and the contract against these Thai-specific risks.
Check a Thailand deal →A RERA registry exists, but off-plan fraud, counterfeit certificates, and fake escrow arrangements still target overseas buyers who don't know the system. We'll map the verification path end to end.
Target: Q2 2027Coastal and border-zone property must be held through a bank trust (fideicomiso). Misused or poorly structured trusts, and unregistered developers, are common ways foreign buyers get burned.
Target: 2027A popular destination for relocating buyers, with its own pitfalls around title, off-plan deposits, and residency-linked purchase schemes that are easy to misread from abroad.
Target: 2027Buying somewhere not listed here? Tell us where. We prioritise new markets based on real buyer demand, and we'll let you know the moment yours is covered.
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