Various parties are active on the islands with a diverse range of offerings, but many locations are also simply not actively for sale. Especially on the smaller islands, buying and selling is partly an informal circuit where good locations are awarded to each other via, via. Often this involves property that has been in family ownership for generations. This requires a local and time, people want to get to know the buyer and understand what your plans are. It can take easily up to a year or more before there is any willingness whatsoever to transfer.
“Buying and selling is partly an informal circuit where good locations are awarded to each other. “
Furthermore, as an outsider, it is often best to arrange the sale through an official channel and to have the (payment) transaction take place through the selling broker or, maybe even better, through the notary.
