Due diligence before you buy in Punta Cana
The photo is not the risk. Title, permits, HOA and CONFOTUR paperwork are. Almost every purchase that goes wrong here went wrong on a document nobody asked for: an un-individualised title, a project selling before its construction licence, a HOA fee that quietly eats the yield, or a tax exemption that was never granted. Every one of those is checkable in writing, by an independent lawyer, before money moves. This cluster is 2026 orientation, not legal advice.
Diligence pages
- Punta Cana due diligence checklist for buyers
The eight things that must be verified before money moves, in the order they should happen.
- Mistakes foreign buyers make in Punta Cana
Brochure yield, imagined CONFOTUR zones, no independent lawyer, and treating Cap Cana like Bávaro.
- How to vet a Punta Cana developer
Delivered buildings, payment terms, who holds the money, and which lawyers signed off.
- Off-plan red flags in Punta Cana
The short list. If two or more appear together, walk.
Reference pages
- The buying process
Offer, contract, independent lawyer, closing and title in your name.
- Title and deslinde
Certificado de título, registry liens and what a lawyer must verify.
- CONFOTUR
Granted per project by resolution — never per zone.
- Guide: buying off-plan
Payment schedules, permits versus marketing, and how phases actually work.