EXPATS MAY BE ABLE TO BUY REAL ESTATE AS A RESULT OF AMENDMENTS

  • 16/02/2022

Kuwait City: According to sources, revisions to the restriction on foreign ownership of real estate investment units are expected. This is intended to compensate the losses incurred by those units as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, which totaled KD 300 million. They noted that the law governing expatriate residency may likewise be modified for this reason. If these changes are implemented, the real estate sector will experience a significant resurgence. There are governmental studies, with international participation, aimed at regulating the real estate market, which is plagued by a number of negative phenomena that jeopardise the position of various sectors, particularly investment units, which are suffering from an increase in vacancies. 


The development of a public real estate authority has become a pressing concern, as investment in this sector has traditionally ranked second among investment possibilities available to both domestic and foreign investors. The sources emphasised that legislative and legal changes to the residence legislation of expatriates must be unique and appealing to investors, and that these changes will aid in securing the investment real estate industry in the coming time.

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