| An Ideal Retreat - Right in your Backyard | | | | percentage per transaction. The stamp tax for |
| Belize is a beautiful country, lush and green, caressed | | | | Belizeans and non-Belizeans alike is five percent of the |
| by the most satisfying sea waters and the blue skies. | | | | sale transaction cost. |
| It is ideally located and close and comfortably | | | | Tax Structure |
| reachable; just a couple of hour flight from Miami, | | | | When a real estate is sold it is usually the purchaser |
| Houston or New Orleans. No wonder, it becomes an | | | | who pays for the land transfer tax. Property taxes |
| ideal retreat for vacationing tourists. | | | | are around 1% of the value of the land and collected |
| Situated on the Caribbean coast of northern Central | | | | by the Department of Natural Resources on the 1st of |
| America, Belize has a presence of hundreds of islets | | | | April every year. |
| and islands. These are locally known as Cayes | | | | Tax Holidays |
| (pronounced 'keys'), and which give birth to the lagoons, | | | | The Government of Belize has provided these |
| fish, and coral life that are abundantly available here. | | | | incentives to encourage local and foreign business. |
| Belize is the only English speaking country in Central | | | | Under the Fiscal Incentives Act of 1990, tax holidays |
| America. Mexico bordering to the north and | | | | can be up to 25 years depending upon the nature of |
| Guatemala to the west and south, Belize is aloof, and | | | | the business, and how much of it is locally owned. |
| comfortably cocooned. However this proximity has | | | | Community Living |
| enabled Belize to progress, both commercially and | | | | Belize is promoting community living in the country. This |
| development-wise. What's more, if you are a citizen of | | | | gives ideal infrastructure and facilities for smaller |
| the United States, Canada, or a European Union | | | | developments. To realize this concept Eco Holdings |
| member country, you would not require any visa for | | | | Limited is offering properties on Long Caye at |
| entering Belize. The newly expanded Belize City | | | | Lighthouse Reef, which allows for ownership of an |
| International Airport is expecting you with a warm | | | | eco-friendly house, here in Belize on ones of its most |
| heart. | | | | beautiful islands. Community living makes properties |
| Belize - Where Nature Surrounds | | | | affordable to suit all kinds of pockets. |
| The land has wonderful flora and fauna cover, while | | | | Surprise Yourself |
| the sea is rich with corals and many varieties of fish. | | | | Get set, pack your bags and lock the doors. You don't |
| Belize is eco-conscious, and has made use of all the | | | | have to believe me, or what I say. See for yourself, be |
| resources available for practicing sustainable | | | | here. Nature in Belize has all the colors of the world, if |
| development plans. On Long Caye at Lighthouse Reef, | | | | not more. It was never so simple to enjoy paradise. |
| for example the government has approved the use of | | | | You just have to hop on the next flight. Belize is |
| the developer's Eco-guidelines for the residents and | | | | magical, out of this world, and yet so close. |
| guests. Housing will have electricity generated by solar | | | | Sure, you would like to own a piece of this pie. A |
| power, purified fresh drinking water obtained by | | | | home, to all those who love nature. Give yourself a |
| reverse osmosis converting sea-water or by | | | | wonderful surprise. |
| harvesting rainwater and storing it in a cistern; while | | | | Belize - Yours forever! |
| trash is segregated into compostable and recyclable | | | | The soul of Belize is like a rainbow; colorful, soft and |
| materials. The spurt of growth and activity in the Belize | | | | serene. People are friendly, like the nature that |
| Real Estate segment has prompted the government | | | | surrounds. An English speaking British Commonwealth |
| to take up environmental conservation as a topmost | | | | country, Belize could well turn out to be a romance. |
| priority. | | | | Simple, beautiful and bountiful, Belize is just next door, |
| Foreign Ownership | | | | so you can call upon whenever you like. |
| Foreign ownership is welcome in Belize. The | | | | Come, Belize your soul. |
| Department of Natural Resources charges a certain | | | | |