Nouvelle étape dans la transformation économique de l'île. Cette réforme reçoit un accueil tiède...
"Many Cubans have expressed a mix of excitement and fear about the potential for a property market. Some people eager to move said that even if they could sell, they preferred to stick with the established “permuta” system of trading one home for another because it would guarantee that they had a place to live. Others said they would sell immediately, especially if they could leave the country.
Many were waiting to see how much the government would charge them to buy and sell, and that appears to now be established: both the buyer and seller will pay a tax equivalent to 4 percent of the value of the transaction, whether it is a sale or an exchange of homes of equal value.
A major unanswered question in all of this involves the role of foreigners, and Cuban exiles. The law generally requires residency, but the notice in the state-run newspaper, Granma, says the rules will also apply to areas of “descanso or veraneo” — technically rest or holiday zones, presumably resort areas. That raises the possibility of foreign ownership in selected places, perhaps coastal areas, Old Havana and the golf communities that are currently under development with foreign investment.
Cuban-Americans are likely to be very involved. With President Obama’s 2009 decision to allow unlimited travel and remittances for Cuban-Americans, a constant flow of money and visits is now the norm. In exile communities like Miami, there are already efforts under way to funnel money to relatives so that they can buy new homes, or old family homes confiscated after the 1959 Revolution.
Most experts, and Cubans on the island, expect these efforts to accelerate even it is not formally allowed. Indeed, Nov. 10 may amount to the starting gun of an investment race, especially among younger Cuban-Americans who left recently or are the offspring of those who fled after the contentious 1960s."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/world/americas/cubans-can-buy-and-sell-property-government-says.html?_r=1&hp
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