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Havana Property Market Stirs as Investors Bet on Political Change
Brokers say demand is rising as Cuban-Americans and other investors bet on policy changes and a market rebound that still leaves values 40% to 50% below prior highs.
- Havana's real estate market is showing glimmers of revival as prices tick up and brokers report increased activity. Broker Yovanni Cantillo said the market has regained momentum in recent months, particularly in Havana's most desirable neighborhoods.
- Interest from Cuban-Americans is "essential," Cantillo said, as investors bet the Communist Party could reform or be toppled after six decades in power. Ongoing talks between Washington and Havana have fueled these market expectations.
- Prices have increased in neighborhoods like Miramar, Nuevo Vedado, and Vedado. Cantillo acknowledged values remain 40 to 50 percent below levels seen during the diplomatic thaw under former US president Barack Obama.
- Private construction firms are improving renovation access while proposed legislation could allow owners to "do business with those properties." Construction firm owner Luis Mijail Lopez said the market is moving on expectations, not supply and demand.
- A mass exodus of more than 1.5 million Cubans since 2020 initially flooded the market with homes, driving prices lower. Past growth spurred by Airbnb under Obama stalled after Covid-19 and tougher sanctions under Donald Trump.
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While the Cuban economy is going through a period of unprecedented turbulence, the housing market in the capital is experiencing unexpected signs of life, driven by anticipations of reforms and a renewed interest of investors. In a city where colonial facades are side by side with the decrepit buildings, there has been a trembling in the real estate sector for a few months now. [...] Read more Havana sees the revival of a real estate hope at the…
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