You want to live there
Retirement, a long stay, or a base for part of the year. The first job is the climate, the hospital, and whether you can stand the daily noise. The listing comes after that.
Property in Peru, with someone on the ground
An 8×20 meter lot, or about 100 hectares of forest.
I help people in other countries buy property in Peru. A small lot, in the right town, can start around a few thousand dollars. A house, an apartment, or a large piece of forest or farmland is the same careful work at another scale. You can hold land and build later. You can sell later. Neither is a promise that the price will rise.
8×20 m
A small urban or town lot. In some places the asking price is a few thousand dollars. In Lima’s central districts it is not.
About 100 hectares
Forest or agricultural land. Title, access, water, and the border zone matter more here, not less.
Three ways people arrive
You want to hold, and build later
Land can sit while you decide. Building, a water tank, a roof, and a road are a second project. I will not pretend the empty lot is the whole cost.
You care about the price
I have bought and sold for a profit by knowing local price ranges. That is experience, not a forecast. Resale is possible. It is not guaranteed. Values can fall.
Who is writing this
I was born in the United States. I later became a naturalized Peruvian citizen. I bought property here before that change, and again after it. I have lived in various parts of Peru. I know the climates, the food, and the ordinary pace of the place, not only the airport road.
I am not your lawyer, your notary, or your tax advisor. I do not present myself as a registered agente inmobiliario. I guide the process and I do the on-the-ground scouting. For the legal transaction I partner with an independent abogado and an independent notario.
I center the work on places I know well enough to walk. I cannot honestly scout every region of Peru in person. When another region is the right fit, a trusted local contact does the visit, and I stay on the file so the standard does not drop.
The path
1
Figure out the life
Budget, months in the country, heat, altitude, Spanish, internet, and whether you should rent first.
2
Choose a kind of place
Lima, the north coast, Arequipa, Cusco and the Sacred Valley, the selva alta, Iquitos, Cajamarca, and the high cities.
3
Find it, then walk it
Most of the market is not on a portal. Scouting is the core of what I sell.
4
Paper, then a notary
Title, who must sign, the 50 km border rule, and a purchase that can be registered.
5
Money, with eyes open
Closing costs, the banking trail, and the taxes you still owe at home. An illustrative calculator sits on that page.
6
After the keys
Caretaker check-ins, builders, utilities, and learning how to be a neighbor. Buying does not give you residency.
Tools you can use before we talk
Region quiz
Heat, humidity, altitude, rain, noise, hospitals, and whether you want to live there or hold land. It points you at the region notes. Nothing is stored.
Closing-cost illustration
Alcabala at 3% above an exempt amount you type in yourself, plus fee estimates. Labeled as an illustration, not a quote.
Checklist you can print
Registry, signers, the municipality, the physical lot, and the money trail. Save it as a PDF from your browser.
Spanish property words
Partida, gravámenes, arras, garúa, huaico, and the rest of the words this site uses.
Read this before a listing
- Mistakes foreigners make
- What “cheap property” actually looks like
- Altitude, before you book Cusco
- Why so many properties are not online
Video tours are part of a scouting visit, and they are the planned companion to this journal. I am not embedding videos I have not published.
Trust, with the gaps labeled
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Fees
I have not published a rate card, and I have not declared a commission policy. The services describe scope. The fee is quoted after a short intake, once the region and the work are clear.