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Land Ho! A Bird’s Eye View on Land Sales

Land Ho! We get a lot of questions from both sellers and buyers about what is average cost of land in Vieques. This is a bit of a tricky topic but let’s get a bird eye view on some data. In looking back at 2024 lands sales the total range of square meter price is anywhere from $5/square meter to
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Know Who and What the Title Insurance Policy Covers

Title insurance is a crucial component of real estate transactions, providing protection to both property owners and lenders against potential issues with the title of the property. Owner’s title insurance and lender’s title insurance are different products and it’s important for buyers to understand that while they both serve to safeguard parties involved in a real estate transaction, they have
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One way or the other, you get the bird

Thanks for reading my first blog article on the freshly minted colibri.realty.  Soon I will not be writing “me/my/mine” as I am looking to grow and expand during this 7th year of operations. I received a call recently from a buyer who  treated me rather haughtily a few days prior on the phone because they “know what goes on in
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Looking For a Title in a Haystack: The Challenges of Buying and Selling Untitled Land in Puerto Rico

As previously noted in some of our earlier posts, ownership of real property in Puerto Rico is recorded at the Registry of the Property by a process that grants “title-ownership”. Properties that have not been recorded are usually referred to as “untitled” or “un-registered title”. It goes without saying that Puerto Rico has a huge number of un-registered title properties
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Quick Tips For Preparing a Home For Sale

There could be many reasons for selling a property you own. Perhaps your current home no longer meets your needs and you are looking to either upgrade or downsize. Maybe you are relocating to another town or another country,  or could be that you have inherited a property that you wish to sell as a way to manage asset distribution.
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Buying Real Estate in Vieques: The Basics

Vieques on your mind. Its natural beauty, its people and their smiles, intense flavors and vibrant colors, the horses roaming around town. And equally present the often unspoken reality of island living marked by a different rhythm and pace, unique challenges, but also unique rewards. Yes, we hear you. You have been thinking of making