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Property search in Paraguay: support when you buy

From your search brief to the signing before the escribano: we look for the apartment, house or investment property with you, go to the viewings with you and have a lawyer check the title before you commit.

Price: Price on request
For whom: Buyers of apartments, houses and investment property

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Property in Paraguay is best searched for on the ground, with local knowledge and in Spanish. Listings on the portals are often out of date, prices are open to negotiation, and whether a title is clean only becomes clear once the public registry has been checked. That is the part we help with.

Together we set a search brief, screen the market with our partners on the ground, draw up a shortlist and accompany you to the viewings. Before you buy, we coordinate a lawyer's review of the title and any encumbrances and stay with you through to the signing before the escribano, the Paraguayan notary.

For investors, the property can double as the path to residency. From USD 200,000, the real-estate category of the Paraguay Investor Pass leads straight to permanent residency, with no two-year temporary phase and no obligation to create jobs. The condition is an investment property: an apartment used only by you or your family does not count. If that is your plan, we shape the search around the program from day one.

What's included

Search brief: purpose (own use, rental or Investor Pass), location, budget and type of property
Market screening and a shortlist of suitable properties with our partners on the ground
Accompanied viewings, with sellers and agents addressed in Spanish and everything explained to you in English
Coordination of a lawyer's check of the title and encumbrances
Accompaniment to the signing before the escribano

Process

1Free first call about purpose, budget, location and timeframe
2Search brief and shortlist of candidate properties
3Viewings in Paraguay
4Title and encumbrance check by a lawyer
5Preliminary contract (boleto de compraventa) and public deed (escritura pública) before the escribano
6Registration in the public registry; for the Investor Pass, the residency application follows from there

Who is this for?

For people moving to Paraguay who want to buy an apartment or a house, for investors who plan to let, and for anyone aiming at permanent residency through the real-estate category of the Investor Pass. A passport is enough to buy; residency, a cédula or a RUC are not preconditions. If you would rather rent first, the Standard and Premium packages include help finding an apartment.

Pricing

Property search (purchase)Price on request

Quoted on request, based on your search brief and the scope. The purchase price and third-party costs such as the lawyer, the escribano, registration and taxes are not included; you pay those directly.

Important note: What we owe you is the search and the accompaniment, not a completed purchase and not any particular rental yield or price development. The legal position of a property is assessed by the lawyer and the escribano; MIC, SUACE and Migraciones decide on the Investor Pass. Legal, tax and investment advice is outside our role, and we line up the steps with partners on the ground. US citizens and green-card holders remain taxable in the United States on worldwide income, rent from a Paraguayan property included, regardless of where they reside.

FAQ

Does a property bought in Paraguay count for the Investor Pass?

From USD 200,000 it can, provided the property is held as an investment, such as a rental, and not used exclusively by you or your family. You do not need to have paid the full price: a notarized sales contract on which at least 30% has been paid, or a registered escritura, is accepted, so an off-plan unit can qualify. Unlike the productive category, real estate asks for no jobs, and it leads to permanent residency without the temporary stage.

Can foreigners buy property anywhere in Paraguay?

Almost anywhere. The one significant limit is the 50-kilometer border security zone, and it applies only to citizens of the neighboring countries (Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia) and only to rural land. A city apartment or house is unaffected, and a passport is enough to sign the deed.

Which taxes apply when buying and letting property in Paraguay?

There is no national real-estate transfer tax; the municipality charges a transfer tax of 0.2% or 0.3%. IVA arises when the seller is a company such as a developer. Rental income is taxed at 8%, and the annual municipal property tax runs at about 1% of the fiscal value. Fees for the escribano and the registry come on top. A tax adviser we introduce can assess your own case.

How much does the Paraguay property search service cost?

We give you a price on request once we know your brief and the scope. The purchase price and third-party costs such as the lawyer, the escribano and the registry are paid by you directly.

Do I need to be in Paraguay for the property viewings?

We strongly recommend it: photos show neither the noise, nor the street, nor the state of the building. We do the pre-selection with our partners so that your days on the ground go to the properties that are serious candidates.

Does Paraguay Tax Free also help find a rental apartment?

Yes, help finding an apartment is part of the Standard and Premium packages. The property search on this page is for buying.