Five moments. At each one, we tell you where your money is.
You choose the property and sign an offer to purchase with the price and the conditions.
You don't put money down yet.
The seller accepts. Your deposit goes into the lawyer's escrow account and the checks on the property begin.
Your money sits in the lawyer's escrow. Not with the seller and not with us.
We check the title certificate, any charges against it, and the deslinde: the official survey that fixes where your land ends. Without it, the title says how many metres you own but not where they are.
The lawyer draws up the contract in Spanish, with an English version, and it is signed before a notary.
You pay the balance. On new builds, in construction draws.
It happens in one day. You sign and the property is yours.
On a new build, handover is when it's finished. Each project sets its own timeline and it's on its community page.
The 3% transfer tax is paid and the Registry records the title in your name.
You have six months from the contract to pay it. After that there are surcharges, and until it's paid the title isn't recorded.
In the Dominican Republic the seller pays it.
You buy freehold and in your own name. No local partner, no trust, no residency required.
1% a year on the value above RD$10,695,494, in two payments: 11 March and 11 September.
Put in the price and you get the total, with the law as it stands and what CONFOTUR saves you if the project has it.
Ask us anything about the process, even if you don't have a property in mind yet.
Legal basis: Law 288-04, art. 20, as amended by art. 7 of Law 173-07 (3% transfer tax) and Law 18-88 (IPI), with the threshold set by DGII Resolution DDG-AR1-2026-00001. Updated September 2026. This is general information, not legal advice: your lawyer reviews your case.