Nobody told me I needed a special bank account just to legally own property in Morocco. I had found the apartment. I had negotiated the price. I had a notaire lined up. And then, about two weeks before signing, my lawyer mentioned almost casually that I would need a convertible dirham account to complete the…
Short answer for foreign buyers: For a foreign buyer in Morocco, titre foncier is usually the safest option because it is registered with the land registry (ANCFCC). Melkia is a form of traditional ownership for unregistered property. It can be valid, but it is not the same as a registered title. The main risks with…
Marrakech Property Scams and Pitfalls for Foreigners A practical 2026 safety guide for foreign buyers looking at riads, apartments, villas, and investment property in Marrakech. Quick Answer: Are Marrakech Property Scams Common for Foreign Buyers? Yes. Foreign buyers can and do run into scams and expensive pitfalls in Marrakech. The biggest risks are: unofficial agents,…
Marrakech pulls people in fast. The light, the riads, the medina, the mountains in the distance. Many foreign buyers arrive for a holiday and leave planning a purchase. That feeling is real. But the process that follows is not always simple. This guide answers every serious question a foreign buyer has before touching a deposit…
Written from direct experience helping foreigners buy homes in Morocco. No affiliate links. No sugar coating. Short answer: for most foreign buyers, Marrakech, Tangier, Casablanca, Rabat, and Agadir are the safest, most liquid markets in Morocco. But the city you pick matters far less than the title document attached to the property, and this…
Buying a house in Morocco is legal, well-regulated, and genuinely accessible for foreign nationals when the right process is followed. The notary system is solid, the land registry works, and the costs are predictable. The danger is not the legal framework itself. The danger is skipping the verification steps that most buyers only regret missing…
Buying property in Morocco is not unusually complicated when the title is clean and the process is handled correctly. Foreigners do it every day. Most problems start when buyers rush, trust the wrong person, or do not understand the difference between titled property, melkia property, rural land, and agricultural land. The short answer is: yes,…
French couple I know spent fourteen months renovating a riad in the medina. Beautiful place. Tiled courtyard, original cedar ceilings, rooftop terrace with a view over the old city. Six weeks before they planned to open it as a guesthouse, a neighbor filed a legal challenge claiming partial ownership of the terrace. They hadn’t done…
I almost wired 180,000 dirhams to the wrong person. Not because I was careless. Because I trusted a document that looked completely official, had stamps, had signatures, and turned out to be linked to a property that had three other claimants I never knew about. That was my wake-up call. And it sent me down…
Morocco Property Capital Gains Tax, 2026 At a Glance TPI stands for Taxe sur les Profits Immobiliers, Morocco’s property profit tax. The standard rate is generally 20% of the net taxable gain. A minimum of 3% of the gross sale price applies regardless of actual profit. Foreigners, resident or non-resident, pay the same TPI rates…