Dominican Republic real estate glossary (English summary)

General educational information, not legal, tax or investment advice. Dominican Investing is a limited introduction service between project owners and investors; it does not evaluate, endorse or recommend projects.

Plain-English meanings of 20 terms you'll see in DR listings and project decks: title certificate, deslinde (survey), Title Registry, off-plan/pre-sale, purchase promise agreement, sale contract, fideicomiso (trust) and fiduciaria, Law 189-11, CONFOTUR (Law 158-01), IPI property tax, transfer tax, appraisal, condo bylaws, maintenance fees, plusvalía (appreciation, never guaranteed), solar (lot), land use, and building permit. Use it to ask better questions of your own advisors.