{"id":590279,"date":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/07\/17\/the-government-wants-to-relax-foreign-ownership-rules-on-real-estate-to-raise-fx\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","slug":"the-government-wants-to-relax-foreign-ownership-rules-on-real-estate-to-raise-fx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/07\/17\/the-government-wants-to-relax-foreign-ownership-rules-on-real-estate-to-raise-fx\/","title":{"rendered":"The government wants to relax foreign ownership rules on real estate to raise FX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Foreign investors might soon be able to own as many proper<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ties as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">they want: <\/span><span>As part of its efforts to<\/span><span>secure<\/span><span> much-needed hard currency, the Madbouly government has been taking steps to attract more foreigners and Egyptian expats to purchase property in Egypt. After <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/2c70383b-d7f7-4dac-a973-78afc798f621\" style=\"\">making its citizenship-for-FX scheme more generous<\/a><\/span><span> in March, the government this month announced that it plans to ask the House of Representatives to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a254b1c5-fe22-492c-9e39-d5be1a93b2cc\" style=\"\">remove the cap<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> on how many properties foreigners can own. We spoke to people in government to get the details on the potential regulatory changes and caught up with industry association officials to gauge the reaction from the private sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">First things first: You\u2019re a foreigner and you want to buy more than two properties.<\/span><span style=\"\"> For <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">the first time ever, this will be allowed under the new rules, which if passed, will permit foreigners to own as many properties as they want in Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">BUT- Terms and conditions apply:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Foreigners must purchase the property with foreign <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">currency. The FX has to be brought from outside the country and deposited in a local state-owned bank. The identity of the seller doesn\u2019t matter: whether you\u2019re buying from a state-owned company or a private developer, no FX, no property, a government source told us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">This applies to your first, second or 20th property \u2014 if you\u2019re purchasing from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">government: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">State-owned entities such as the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) and the Tourism Development Authority will now only sell their properties to foreigners in FX, a government source with knowledge of the matter told Enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Avoiding the FX rules is easy if you\u2019re just getting on the housing ladder or buying a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">second home:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Foreigners will still be able to buy the first two properties using EGP if they\u2019re buying from a private seller or developer, our sources confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Remember:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Relaxing foreign ownership rules on real estate was one of the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a3816fe9-2abf-4b6c-91ce-680ea72e2d1b\" style=\"\">22 economic<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a3816fe9-2abf-4b6c-91ce-680ea72e2d1b\" style=\"\">reforms<\/a><\/span><span> approved by the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Supreme Investment Council in May. Currently, foreigners are allowed to own a maximum of two properties in different cities. NUCA and other state-owned developers are targeting foreigners and Egyptian expats as lucrative sources of FX.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">It\u2019s now less expensive for foreign investors to become Egyptian citizens:<\/span><span style=\"\"> A<\/span><span style=\"\">mendments to the Citizenship <\/span><span>Act passed this year lowered the amount of money foreigners have to bring into the country in order to obtain Egyptian passports. Foreigners can now invest USD 300k into local assets such as real estate to get the green passport, down from <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/12\/11\/foreigners-can-now-buy-citizenship-for-usd-250k-8274\/\" style=\"\">USD 500k previously<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">INDUSTRY REAX-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">A win for real estate developers: <\/span><span style=\"\">This bill could give a boost to local real <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">estate developers, the head of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce\u2019s real estate division, Mohamed El Bustani, told Enterprise. \u201cEgypt boasts many luxurious real estate investments for which we need to attract more buyers from abroad. Gearing real estate to foreign investors serves as a decent FX revenue stream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">More construction + exhibitions = more foreign investment: <\/span><span style=\"\">More real estate units will spur <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">an increase in the number of foreigners purchasing property in Egypt, Real Estate Export Council Chairman Hisham Shoukry told Enterprise. 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