Friday 20 January 2017

TIPS FOR FOREIGNERS SUCCESSFULLY PURCHASING HOUSES IN VIETNAM



 

Law on Housing 2014 of Vietnam provide new provisions to facilitate foreigners in purchasing houses in Vietnam. Foreigners is recommended to consider the 05 major changes mentioned below prior entering into the transaction: Y ĐỔI LỚN

Conditions: Foreign individuals who are allowed to enter Vietnam
Noted: Foreign individuals must reside in Vietnam for more than 01 year.
Type of Housingall types including apartment and house
Noted: Before only applied to apartment
Limitation of Housing: No limitation for foreign individual. However, all foreigners may not buy, rent and purchase, receive, inherit and own more than 30% of apartments in an apartment building; or more than 250 houses regarding separate houses including villas, row houses in an area whose population is equivalent to a ward-administrative division. 
Noted: Before, a foreigner is only allowed to purchase 01 apartment in Vietnam
Objectives of Housing: Foreign individuals might rent, purchase, inherit or mortgage
Noted: Before, foreign individual may only purchase houses for residence.
Term of OwnershipThe foreign individuals are eligible for the homeownership as agreed in agreements on housing sale, lease purchase, gifting, or inheritance for not more than 50 years, from the day on which they are granted the Certificate and they may be also granted extension up to 70 years.
If a foreign individual marries to a Vietnamese citizen or an oversea Vietnamese, he/she qualifies for stable and long-term homeownership and has all rights of homeowner similarly to Vietnamese citizens

Content


Before 01 July 2015

After 01 July 2015

Conditions for Foreign individuals


Reside in Vietnam for more than 01 year

Allowed to enter into Vietnam

Type of Housing


Apartment

House and Apartment

Number of Housing

01 Apartment
No limitation for an individual
No more than 30% of total apartment in a building

Term of Ownership


50

50 (can be extended to 70)

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