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Purchase costs

What a Caribbean purchase really costs.

The asking price is not the cost of entry. Transfer duty runs from nothing to a fifth of the price depending on the island, who is buying, and how the contract is written — and every figure here names the source it came from.

These rates come from published research and have not yet been checked against the acts themselves. Every line says which are which.

What completing costs

US dollars

Who bears the transfer cost is market practice, not law

What a year of owning costs

US dollars

Owner-occupied and let property are taxed differently

What letting returns

US dollars

Your figure. We do not estimate income for a specific property.