Renting or Buying a Real Estate Property in Ecuador | Gile Miller

If you are looking to rent or buy Real Estate in Ecuador, you should know that you won?t normally find signs outside the properties advertising them as either ?For Rent? or ?For Sale.? Now, if you are an Expat who wishes to buy a real estate property in the country, your best option is to ask the locals about properties for sale and work with your own attorney about buying the place; with him and the seller directly negotiating about the price and payment scheme, among other things.

Ecuador is a beautiful country located in South America.

Bordered by Peru, the Pacific Ocean and Colombia; this exotic country off the North-West portion of South America has magnificent beaches, UNESCO World Heritage Sites and also boasts of having one of the most beautiful archipelagos in the world; the Galapagos Islands.

This being said, it comes as no surprise that a lot of people are looking into not only spending a few weeks for a vacation but more so to live and work here. After all, who wouldn?t want to live in a tropical paradise such as this?

Real Estate in Ecuador

Now, whether you are looking into getting your own property in the country for the purpose of having a vacation house or you want to get a house or an apartment where you can live in while you are working in the country, you should know that there are some pretty awesome properties for sale all across Ecuador.

If you are an Expat looking to rent; you have various options for properties that you can choose from; including those that are located within walking distance to the beach, giving you splendid views of the ocean; and those high-rise condos in the city, keeping you close to your workplace.

However, if you are considering buying a real estate property, you should also know that the process of selling and buying real estate properties in Ecuador may considerably vary as compared to say, doing the same in North America.

Buying Real Estate Property in Ecuador

Generally speaking, putting up ?For Sale? signs in front of properties is not a common practice in Ecuador. Real estate property owners also do not usually place advertisements in newspapers or use any other advertising medium to let the public know that they are selling their properties.

This being said, your best option to find out if a specific house, apartment or condominium unit that you are looking to get is for sale; is to ask around if the property is on the market.

Also, sellers do not usually sign-up with real estate agents and if they ever do, they would sometimes still look for buyers on their own which means that if you are working with a real estate agent and the seller finds a buyer of his own; you may get overlooked which means you?ve lost your chance of getting the property.

To reduce the chances of this happening, you may instead want to work with your own lawyer and ask him to negotiate directly with the owner about the property they are selling.

In the event that you do not have the money to pay for the property in full, a down payment of around ten percent of the full price will be required and a contract that basically says that you are ?promising? to buy the property will be drawn up.

Finally, you should know that all legal papers pertaining to the sale of the property will all be in Spanish. English documents are not considered legal in the country.

It is therefore important that you get a translation of the contract so you will know all the stipulations included therein.

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