Guides
Numbers first, adjectives second. Every claim sourced and dated.
Investing
Buy a small building in Sosúa, live in one unit and rent the rest: does it still work?
The live-in landlord plan for Sosúa, re-run with 2026 prices: what a multi-unit building costs, what rents bring in, the 2025 rental law, the taxes on rental income, and a worked example.
Updated October 2026
Punta Cana investment property guide (2026)
What Punta Cana property actually returns: a measured 7.2% gross long-let yield, the full cost stack, and the one number nobody in this market can source.
Updated September 2026
Buying
Buying land in Cabrera: the quiet north-east coast, and how not to overpay for a lot
Cabrera, on the Dominican Republic's north-east coast, is still one of its least developed beach towns. What land asks for in 2026, why per-m² prices vary tenfold, and the title, survey and zoning checks that matter more than the view.
Updated October 2026
Casa de Campo real estate: buying into the Caribbean's classic resort community in 2026
Casa de Campo in La Romana: the 7,000-acre resort, Teeth of the Dog (No. 50 in the world in 2026), the neighbourhoods and what villas ask today, from US$2.5 million to US$36 million, and how buying inside a resort works.
Updated October 2026
Luxury villas for sale in Sosúa: what US$250,000 bought in 2011 and what it buys now
Sosúa's villa market in 2026: price bands by neighbourhood, what 'luxury' means on the north coast, who is buying, the costs on top of the price, and the 2026 capital-gains change. Updated from our 2011 article.
Updated October 2026
How a foreigner buys property in the Dominican Republic
The exact paperwork sequence — RNC, title check, deslinde, promesa de venta, closing costs — for foreign buyers in the DR, step by step.
Updated July 2026
Hurricanes and insurance: the risk chapter brokers skip
Actual hurricane exposure in Punta Cana, what property insurance costs and covers in the DR, and how to underwrite climate risk honestly.
Updated July 2026
Renting
Las Terrenas: renting a villa in the Caribbean town with a Mediterranean feeling
What renting a villa or apartment in Las Terrenas, Samaná, costs in 2026, from holiday weeks to long-term leases. Also how to get there, which beach area suits whom, and what changed since 2011.
Updated October 2026
Renting a penthouse in Sosúa: what you get, what it costs, and renting vs buying
Penthouses and top-floor apartments for rent in Sosúa in 2026: what to expect, nightly and monthly price ranges, what to check before booking, and the honest case for renting before you buy.
Updated October 2026
Renting an apartment in Santo Domingo in 2026: neighbourhoods, prices and the new rental law
Moving to the Dominican capital for work? What apartments rent for in Piantini, Naco, Serrallés, Bella Vista, Gazcue and the Zona Colonial, how leases and deposits work under the 2025 law, and how to find a place.
Updated October 2026
Villas to rent in Sosúa: prices by season, what's included, and how to book safely
Renting a villa in Sosúa or nearby Cabarete in 2026: what a villa costs per night across the seasons, what the price should include (and the 18% ITBIS), staff, power and pools, and how to avoid booking scams.
Updated October 2026
Business & commercial
Buying a business or commercial space in Sosúa: what it costs and how to do it right
Cafés, bars, small hotels and commercial premises for sale in Sosúa in 2026: the asking prices, the legal route for a foreign buyer, and the checks that separate a business from a liability.
Updated October 2026
Commercial property in Las Terrenas: restaurants, shops and office units, and how to judge one
Buying a restaurant or a building of commercial units in Las Terrenas, Samaná: what the 2011 deals looked like, what the town looks like in 2026, and the simple maths that tells a good commercial building from a bad one.
Updated October 2026
Developing a water park in Punta Cana: the 2011 opportunity, re-examined in 2026
A 50,000 m² water-park site in Verón, between Bávaro and Punta Cana, was offered to investors in 2011. What has changed since: the visitor numbers, the roads, the resorts that built their own water parks, the CONFOTUR incentives, and how to test a leisure project today.
Updated October 2026
Relocation
Market data
The Dominican Republic's economy in 2026: what a property buyer should know
Growth, tourism, remittances, the peso, inflation and the 2026 tax reform: the Dominican economy in plain numbers, and why each one matters to someone buying or renting there. Updated from our 2011 overview.
Updated October 2026
Cap Cana vs. Bávaro: where should you buy?
Price per m², measured rents, HOA, and renter profiles across Punta Cana's two flagship zones — with Q3 2026 data from our own crawl.
Updated September 2026
Rental yields by zone: Punta Cana corridor (Q3 2026)
What property in each Punta Cana zone actually rents for, measured from 278 live long-let adverts — and why we are not yet publishing a short-let occupancy figure.
Updated September 2026
Caribe Scout Weekly
Market pulse, new listings with real net yields, and one thing brokers won’t tell you. Every week, free.