Landed Global: Key Knowledge You Need to Buy International Property

In Landed Global, you’ll find:

• Case studies about foreigners buying a California condo, purchasing a French farmhouse, buying a Phuket resort and building a Sri Lanka retreat
• Case studies for a variety of budgets: from a US$50,000 Tokyo apartment to a $10 million country estate in County Waterford, Ireland
• Information on all kinds of international real estate, from a ski chalet to a golf community and from a pied a terre to your own private island
• Resources for people looking for the best place to retire, a second passport, arts and culture, beaches, low taxes and more
• Opportunities—and risks—for international investors, including student accommodation, gentrification, distressed property and boomtown real estate
• Clear explanations of freehold and leasehold ownership; the Torrens and deeds registration systems; and property rights, including mineral and water rights
• Examples of how real estate is bought and sold in more than 110 countries and territories
• Sources of international mortgages, including property loans for investors and end-users
• Tips for managing risks—ranging from asbestos to meth lab clean ups and from money laundering to fraud—when you buy international property
• Information about how FATCA (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) affects Americans buying international real estate
• Key international differences, like laws that prohibit dual agency in Singapore and forbid real estate agents in Sweden from representing either the buyer or the seller
• Tools to research your purchase and find lawyers, architects, home inspectors and other essential service providers
• Much more

Christopher Dillon is an award-winning writer and entrepreneur based in Hong Kong.

In 2002, he bought and renovated a floor in an office building in Hong Kong's Central business district. Since then, he has purchased and refurbished a luxury apartment on the west side of Hong Kong Island and transformed a derelict steam laundry into a multimedia studio. He began investing in Japanese real estate in 2010 and served on the management committee of a 210-unit apartment complex in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2021.

That experience inspired four books: Landed Hong Kong (2008), Landed Japan (2010), Landed China (2013) and Landed Global—which includes case studies and data from more than 110 countries and territories—in 2014. A second edition of Landed Hong was published in 2015, and an expanded and revised edition of Landed Japan was released in 2018.

A native of Canada, Dillon lived in Tokyo from 1989 to 1992. He appears regularly in the international media, as both a contributor and a guest.