The Journal
Writing for the foreign buyer, from the inside.
Long-form, plainspoken, occasionally opinionated. We sell apartments and villas in Rio's best addresses and we run them as short-stay residences. These are the things we wish every overseas buyer had read before the first viewing.
The Foreign Buyer's Complete Guide to Rio de Janeiro Real Estate (2026)
The CPF, the bank account, the six neighborhoods that matter, the closing process, the taxes nobody warns you about, and a 90-day checklist you can actually tick off. Written for the buyer in New York, London or Lisbon who's looked at Rio and wondered if it's as complicated as people say. It isn't — if you know the steps.
Read the guide →Copacabana vs Ipanema vs Leblon: where should a foreign buyer actually live?
Three beaches, three personalities, three very different addresses to wake up at. We did the comparison properly — square-metre prices, doorman culture, restaurant ratio, English fluency, the things our buyers actually ask. There is a right answer for you; it is probably not the one you'd guess.
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Why 2026 is the year Americans, Europeans and Brits are buying Rio
The real causes — the currency, the digital-nomad visa, the post-pandemic flight-to-lifestyle, the per-square-metre maths that finally adds up — explained with numbers you can toggle between USD, EUR, GBP and BRL. Plus three composite buyer profiles that are walking through our office this season.
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The Other Rio: Joá, São Conrado and the quiet side of luxury
Five minutes south of Leblon there is a corridor most travel guides skip. Cliff villas, a private gated beach, a golf course in the rainforest, and the only Rio neighborhoods where you can stand on your terrace and not hear traffic. A photo essay with an interactive map of the corridor we love most.
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Yes, you can own beachfront in Rio: the foreign buyer's legal walk-through
The myth says foreigners can't own near the water. The truth is more interesting: it's mostly fine, with two rules to know and one province where it isn't. Twelve questions our clients keep asking, answered with the actual statute names, plus a live calculator that tells you the buyer-side closing costs to the dollar.
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