REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
Real Estate Investment
Market data from official statistics, title from the official registry. Check overseas property against the original record.
Overseas property researchReal estate market data
Country comparison matrix
| Axis | United Kingdom | Japan | South Korea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign-ownership limit (%) | 49 | 100 | 30 |
| Acquisition tax rate (%) | 3.0 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| Annual holding tax (%) | 0.30 | 0.60 | 0.40 |
| Capital-gains tax rate (%) | 15 | 20 | No data found |
Registry lookup availability
The countries and institutions are real, but all figures are invented examples. Because registry data can include personal information, no real address or property is shown and there are no links. This is not a real search result and not investment advice.
What sinks an overseas property deal is rarely a shortage of information. It is a market view written by someone you cannot identify, and a transaction that moves forward before anyone has read the registry entry. Factdock's real-estate engine treats those as two separate pillars and verifies each on its own terms. Market research is confined to public primary sources — governments, statistics offices, central banks — and puts up to three countries side by side. Registry research queries each country's official registry portal directly, so you see the response exactly as it came back. Cross-border property research, handled safely and without friction.
What this tool does
Country comparison built only from public primary sources
Sources are limited to public information from national governments, statistics offices, central banks, land registries and international organisations. Pick one to three countries and a comparison matrix is generated automatically; anything no source could fill is labelled "no data found" rather than quietly filled in. You can also narrow the search to a city or district (Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and so on).
Fourteen research axes, searched in the local language
Choose the axes you need from fourteen: regulation and law (foreign-ownership limits, tax, title and tenure systems), the investment environment (yields, mortgage rates), and market data (price indices, rents). Searches are built from official terminology in the country's own language, so you land on high-reliability source material directly.
Query the official registry portal in the local language or from a map
Enter the address or parcel number in the local language, or simply click a point on the map. The coordinates you click are converted automatically into an address in the language the local registry actually uses, so registries that can only be searched in local script still work. The response is shown exactly as returned, with only a neutral note and a clear step-by-step guide added.
Registry lookups come in three levels by country
In some countries you can see transaction records (UK, France, Ireland, Taiwan); in others you can look up addresses and cadastral data (Netherlands, Japan, Spain, Norway, Czechia, Switzerland, Estonia, New Zealand, Finland). For all other countries, you get a guide to obtaining records from the official registry office. Results can be exported as a PDF.
AI converts your search keywords and translates the results.
Where it's used
“You are looking at a property abroad and want the title confirmed from the official registry's own record, not the agent's description.”
“You are narrowing the field to a few candidate countries and want foreign-ownership rules and tax compared on identical terms.”
“The property is in a country whose language you cannot read, and you want to look up the registry by picking the spot on a map.”
“You need sourced market data and a registry response you can attach directly to an internal proposal or investment committee paper.”
Before you use this
On investment advice
This feature is a research tool that searches and organises public primary information. It does not provide investment advice and does not recommend any specific property or financial product. Investment decisions are yours to make, and you should consult a qualified professional where appropriate.
How registry information is handled
Responses from official registry portals are shown as they are. A "not found" response is shown as it is too, and content is never filled in by guessing. What can be looked up differs by country (transaction records, addresses and cadastral data, or a how-to guide). For formal certificates and final checks, always go through the local registry office or a professional.
Confidentiality through non-retention
The search conditions and addresses you enter are processed only temporarily for analysis and are not stored on Factdock's servers.
Frequently asked questions
What is Real Estate Investment?
Compares market trends country by country using primary sources from public institutions only, and takes you straight to each country's official registry portal for title and rights. Restrictions on foreign ownership can be confirmed in the original text, giving you solid ground before you travel.
What can Real Estate Investment do?
Country comparison built only from public primary sources / Fourteen research axes, searched in the local language / Query the official registry portal in the local language or from a map / Registry lookups come in three levels by country
When is it used?
You are looking at a property abroad and want the title confirmed from the official registry's own record, not the agent's description.
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