Why isn't my place on the list?

• Argentina (Patagonia and the north-west)

  set aside

  The law restricting foreign ownership of rural land was repealed in 2024, and the repeal has been tied up in court since. Until a court settles it, nobody can tell a foreign buyer what they are allowed to hold. Back on the list the day that is clear.

• Nicaragua

  set aside

  Cheap land and good water, but property rights follow politics, and the politics have gone one way for a decade.

• Mexico's Pacific coast

  set aside

  Foreigners hold coastal land through a bank trust rather than title, and the security picture along the coast has worsened. Inland highland Mexico may return.

• Ecuador

  set aside

  A security trend that turned sharply after 2021, plus the 2016 coastal earthquake zone.

• Central Chile (Pichilemu and the Central Valley)

  set aside

  A megadrought now in its second decade. The south of Chile, Los Ríos and Aysén, is on the list instead.

• South African coasts

  set aside

  Water stress and an expropriation-without-compensation law whose limits are still being tested.

• Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines

  set aside

  No freehold for foreigners, and either typhoon alley or the Ring of Fire, often both.

• Canada

  in, with conditions

  A federal ban on foreign buyers of residential property runs to 2027, with exemptions that depend on how a parcel is zoned. Nova Scotia and Vancouver Island are on the list with those rules spelled out per region.

• Australia

  in, with conditions

  Foreigners may not buy established homes until 2029, but vacant rural land is allowed with approval and a build condition. Tasmania and northern New South Wales are on the list on that basis.

As of 22 October 2026, from the seed research. Rules carry dates for a reason; verify before you act.