This website is being developed to feature a cooperative listing service similar to
the Multiple Listing Service in the US.
Cuban based Realtors and off-island Realtors will be able to list their Cuban real estate,
Cuban homes for sale, Cuban land for sale, Cuban condos for sale or rent along with Cuban vacation
rentals.
If you are looking for lodging in Cuban hotels or casa particular (Cuban private homes) rentals,
please visit our Cuba casas sister site.
Since all Cuban land is owned or at least controlled by the Cuban government, this listing service
is not a viable business model until the Cuban government allows for private property ownership.
Leisure Canada is now a defuct
Cuba real estate development brand. Havana Journal Inc. purchased the domain name and is not affiliated in any
way with Leisure Canada or 360 VOX.
An interesting Cuban real estate site called Behind the Facade in Spanish has hundreds of
homes for sale in Cuba.
From November 2011 - The Havana Journal has posted this article, Cuba real
estate purchase and sales now allowed in Cuba by PAUL HAVEN of the Associated Press and there have been
many updates posted to the original article...
Cuba announced Thursday it will allow real estate to be bought and sold for the first time since
the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes under President
Raul Castro.
The law, which takes effect Nov. 10, applies to citizens living in Cuba and permanent residents
only, according to a red-letter headline on the front page of Thursday’s Communist Party daily Granma and details
published in the government’s Official Gazette.
The law limits Cubans to owning one home in the city and another in the country, an effort to
prevent the accumulation of large real estate holdings. It requires that all real estate transactions be made
through Cuban bank accounts so that they can be better regulated, and says the transactions will be subject to bank
commissions.
Cuba real estate brokers are now allowed to operate legally in Cuba
Cubans are allowed to "swap" their houses and apartments through a very complicated listing and
closing process. No money is supposed to change hands.
As of a recent posting at the official Cuban government website for real estate swaps, the
Bolsa de Permutas or Swap Exchange, there are thousands of houses and apartments listed for
swap in Cuba.
The Bolsa de Permutas is a Cuban government owned and operated website designed for Cuban
citizens in conjunction with the Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda or National Housing Institute.
A typical listing may look like this:
Offers for swap: Apartment
Construction is masonry and in good condition
Third floor with dining room, two bedrooms and one bathroom, no garage
Natural gas from street, has balcony and patio
Located in Havana at Plaza de la Revolución
Seeking three bedroom house outside of Havana city.
So, it's not the Cuban government making real estate development and investing in Cuba, the US
Embargo would have to be lifted by a vote in the US Congress in order to let Americans buy
Cuban real estate.
In the mean time, see what you are missing in this video of the Malecon seawall in Havana or you
can search the Havana Journal for Cuba real estate news.
If you need to do a title search, would like to find out about seized Cuban property
claim or have other legal issues, we offer a Cuba legal referral
service that helps match people to attorneys with experience in your area of interest. We can also help you
find an OFAC or Cuban law attorney.
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