Author: Anis Chity

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…

Yes, foreigners can buy land in Marrakech and build a villa on it. But most people who run into serious problems are not naïve. They are smart, cautious buyers who simply did not know what questions to ask before trusting an agent, signing a document, or sending a deposit. This guide covers what actually happens…

Paying a property deposit in Morocco as a foreigner is one of the riskiest steps in the whole buying process. Most buyers lose money not because they chose the wrong property, but because they paid before they understood what they were paying for. Here is what you need to know before you hand over a…

Yes, a US citizen can legally buy a house in Morocco. For eligible titled urban property, US citizens can usually own under broadly similar ownership protections as Moroccan buyers. But the costliest mistake I see Americans make is not legal. It is trusting a seller’s title before their own notary has pulled a fresh copy…

The best areas to buy property in Agadir depend on what you are actually trying to achieve. Rental income, lifestyle, long-term resale value, and affordable entry all point to different neighborhoods. The mistake most foreign buyers make is choosing the area first, then checking the title, building quality, notary process, and payment route second. By…

Yes, a Nigerian citizen can buy property in Morocco. There is no law that blocks Nigerians or other African nationals from purchasing real estate there. But the legal right to buy is only the starting point. The bigger problem is what happens after you decide to buy, and most buyers from Nigeria walk into this…

Yes, investing in Marrakech property from the UK is possible, and UK citizens can legally buy most titled urban property in Morocco. But the ones who lose money are not naive. They are cautious buyers who trusted the wrong person at the wrong moment, or skipped one step they did not know mattered. I have…