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Investing in Mauritius
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Buying in Mauritius
Country guide · 15 minMauritius Investor GuideBuy through EDB schemes, secure renewable residency at USD 375,000, and benefit from zero capital gains tax, before registration duty doubles to 10% on 1 July 2026No Capital Gains TaxResidency via PropertyEDB Schemes OnlyRead the guideCities2 guides
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City guide · 6 minFlic-en-FlacFlic-en-Flac is Mauritius's principal west-coast beach town, fronting one of the island's longest stretches of white sand and a calm, reef-protected lagoon. For foreign buyers it is one of the most accessible entry points into the island's regulated investment schemes: the Property Development Scheme (PDS) allows non-citizens to purchase at a minimum of USD 375,000, which also confers a renewable residence permit for the holder and dependents. Local agents place beachfront stock here roughly 15-20% below comparable Grand Baie prices in the north, broadening the buyer pool. The town's draw is lifestyle and tourist-rental income: diving, water sports, the nearby Casela nature park, and easy access to Port Louis via improved highway links. PDS pipeline projects of apartments, penthouses, and villas are scheduled through 2026, supported by the Cascavelle Shopping Village expansion. Note that the resident town population is small (around 2,000), so demand is overwhelmingly tourism- and second-home-driven rather than domestic. With Mauritius's 15% flat tax, no inheritance tax, and political stability, Flic-en-Flac suits lifestyle investors seeking sun, beach, and residency in a single purchase.
City guide · 8 minGrand Baie (Mauritius North Coast)Mauritius is the Indian Ocean's premier property-investment destination, a politically stable, English/French-speaking island with a low-tax regime (no capital-gains or inheritance tax) and a property-linked residency programme that is unusually generous by global standards. Foreigners cannot buy residential land freely; they purchase through government-approved schemes administered by the Economic Development Board, primarily the Property Development Scheme (PDS, which replaced IRS/RES in 2015), the Smart City Scheme, and Ground+2 (G+2) apartments. The headline draw is direct: buying a qualifying property worth at least US$375,000 under PDS or Smart City grants the buyer and dependents a residence permit, valid for as long as the property is held. Grand Baie is the undisputed resort and lifestyle capital of the north coast, the 'Côte d'Azur of Mauritius'. It pairs a sheltered turquoise bay with the island's densest concentration of fine dining, nightlife, retail (La Croisette mall with 110+ stores; Grand Baie Coeur de Ville), marinas and watersports. This lifestyle infrastructure underpins the strongest property values on the island, anchoring a cluster of prime northern coastal villages (Pereybere, Pointe aux Canonniers, Mont Choisy, Cap Malheureux, Grand Gaube) that share its amenity base at distinct price points. Property in the prime segment is priced and transacted in EUR or USD even though the local currency is the Mauritian rupee (MUR), insulating overseas buyers from currency noise. The thesis combines lifestyle, residency, a benign tax environment and robust short-let demand from year-round tourism. NOTE, time-critical fiscal change: foreign-buyer registration duty doubles from 5% to 10% on deeds registered from 1 July 2026 (Finance Act 2025).
