Market report
How a market works, read for a buyer: how prices form, how liquid a resale is, what a purchase involves, and where foreign buyers misjudge it.
Know the marketbefore you commit.
Independent written market analysis for European buyers in Latin America.
No commission from any seller, agency or developer.
Knowledge.Nothing else.
Lopreville publishes written market analysis for European buyers in Latin America. Everyone else who will explain these markets to you is paid on the day you sign.
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Paid by you alone
No commission from any seller, agency or developer.
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Written and dated
Every figure carries its source and the date it was true.
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Your decision
We show what the data supports. The call is yours.
What you get.
Opinion on a property you have found
A structured read on a property already in your hands: what the available data shows, what it does not, and the checks that belong to a local professional.
Orientation session
An hour on the report. Everything substantive is confirmed in writing afterwards.
From Europe to the Río de la Plata.
Paris — Montevideo
Where we work.
Primary market
Uruguay
A dollar economy with decades of stability and equal rights for foreign owners. This is where our work goes deepest.
Uruguay, weighed
Argentina
Covered selectively, for buyers already looking at Buenos Aires.
The Caribbean
Covered on request.
The case,and the caveats.
Uruguay is where our depth is. It earns the position, and it has real drawbacks. Both belong in the same document.
What works
Equal footing
Foreigners buy on the same terms as citizens. No permit, no residency requirement.
A dollar market
Property is priced and settled in US dollars.
Notarial security
A notary examines decades of title before a deed is signed.
Stability
Decades of institutional continuity, and capital that moves freely.
What to weigh
Resale takes time
European buyers are a fraction of this market. Liquidity is thinner than the listings suggest.
Yields are seasonal
Coastal rental income concentrates in a short summer. Annual returns rarely match the brochure.
Costs land late
Transaction costs are knowable in advance and routinely discovered afterwards.
General information about a foreign market, at a given date. Not legal or tax advice.
- Do you find properties for me?
- No. We explain how these markets work and how to evaluate what you find. Searching and negotiating on a buyer's behalf are regulated activities we stay outside of.
- Can you tell me whether a property is a good buy?
- We give you the factors that decide it, and say plainly which of them only a local professional can settle — with the questions to put to them.
- Which notary should I use?
- We give you criteria and several names that meet them. You choose and contract directly. We receive nothing from anyone you engage.
- Will you talk to the agency for me?
- No. We prepare the questions and explain how to read the answers. The conversation is yours.
- Can I pay in cryptocurrency?
- In some markets, under local rules. We set out the position as it stands; how it applies to you is for your notary and your tax adviser.