Foreigners can buy urban property with virtually the same rights as citizens, needing only a tax identification number and no residency. Rural and agricultural land near borders and security zones is capped by law, and purchases are typically made in cash as mortgages are rarely available.
Before you buy in Argentina, always:
General guidance only — rules change; confirm the current position with a qualified local lawyer.
Our free ownership checker and the Overseas Property Playbook walk through how foreign ownership works step by step — the questions to ask and the traps to sidestep.
Expect around 6-8% of the price in one-off costs for the buyer — stamp duty (about 1.75% of your share in Buenos Aires), notary fees of 1-2%, agent commission of 3-4%, plus registration. Purchases are almost always cash as mortgages are rare, and you need only a tax number, not residency.
Buenos Aires for European-style grandeur and its Recoleta and Palermo barrios, Mendoza for wine country and mountain air, Cordoba for a central university city, and Bariloche for Patagonian lakes and scenery.
Argentina has free universal public hospitals and well-regarded, affordable private clinics; most expats take private 'prepaga' insurance, though premiums have risen sharply since deregulation and vary widely by age and plan. Buenos Aires and Mendoza have the strongest facilities. Generally safe, though petty theft and pickpocketing call for street-sense in Buenos Aires; Spanish is essential with some English in the capital, and driving is on the right.
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