Category: Real Estate

Buying property in Mauritius gets all the attention. The brochures, the viewings, the notary fees. But the purchase is a single event. What follows – finding tenants, handling maintenance, staying on top of legal requirements – is where the real work starts, and it never stops. Whether the property is a PDS apartment in Grand […]

Rent or buy? Everyone asks this within the first month of arriving. And almost everyone gets the same advice: rent first. Which is usually right. But not always, and the reasons are worth understanding before you default to the obvious answer. The case for renting first Unless you already know exactly where you want to […]

Can you earn decent rental income from a Mauritius property? Yes. But the yields are lower than the brochures suggest, and the costs are higher than most first-time investors expect. Mauritius combines strong demand from high-income short-term visitors, a growing expat population looking for long-term rentals and a legal framework that allows foreign ownership through […]

Rent first. Seriously. Buying property here as a foreigner involves a different set of rules, minimums and timelines (see the property guide), and you do not want to commit to an area before you’ve lived the rhythms of the island for a few months. The light is different on each coast. The commute hits differently […]

Looking for lifestyle fit rather than buying? See our region-by-region guide to living in Mauritius, which covers rents, infrastructure and daily life by area. Sixty-five kilometres long. Forty-five wide. And yet the north coast and the south coast feel like different countries. Climate, infrastructure, lifestyle, school access, proximity to Port Louis, average property prices – […]

You cannot just buy a house in Mauritius. Not as a foreigner. Under the current legal framework – updated by Finance Act 2025 – all foreign residential purchases must go through government-approved schemes administered by the Economic Development Board (EDB). It sounds restrictive, and it is. But the schemes are well-established, and once you understand […]

The rules changed. Twice, actually, and both times in the wrong direction for foreign buyers. First, the off-scheme purchase route – which allowed non-citizens holding a residence permit to buy one property outside the approved frameworks – was permanently removed. Second, the transaction taxes on foreign purchases are doubling from July 2026. If you are […]