Buying a plot in Honduras? Don’t sign before you’ve checked it all.

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Cover of Buying Land in Honduras: everything to check before you buyWhat does a plot of land cost in Honduras, area by area? From about $70 a m² on Roatán and $80 near Trujillo to $340 in Tegucigalpa and $570 in a gated San Pedro Sula estate.What can you build on a plot in Honduras? Near the coast, one home: a foreigner can own a town lot of up to 3,000 m² there, bigger than any lot we found for sale.What should you check before you buy a plot in Honduras? Nine checks, most of them done by your lawyer, starting with: can a foreigner own this plot at all?How much does it cost to build a house in Honduras? About $450 to $1,040 a m² on the mainland, from basic to high-end, before the land.Coast, border, islands: where can a foreigner buy land in Honduras? Anything inland. Within 40 km of the sea or a border, and on all the islands, only one town home of up to 3,000 m²; anything bigger needs a state-approved tourism project.What does it cost to bring water and power to a plot in Honduras? About $180 for water and sewer in one town near San Pedro Sula, if the mains reach your plot.
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Buying Land in Honduras: everything to check before you buy

INSIDE THE GUIDE

  • What land really costs, area by area
  • What you can build, and what you can’t
  • The checks to run before you sign
  • Coast, border, farmland: the special rules
  • What you’ll pay on top of the price
  • What owning land costs every year
  • How much tax you’ll owe
  • Who does what, and who to double-check
  • How long it takes, from offer to title
  • What you’ll pay when you sell
  • What’s changed in the last 12 months
  • What could go wrong, and how to avoid it
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