Where should I buy a summer home in Lebanon?

Key facts#

Faqra (JSK, Q3 2025)

USD 3,500-4,500 per m² inside Club Faqra; USD 2,500-3,000 outside^[1]

Batroun (JSK, Q3 2025)

USD 1,200-1,500 per m² (new); USD 700-1,000 (older)^[1]

Metn (JSK, Q3 2025)

USD 1,000-2,500 per m² depending on the town^[1]

Jbeil (JSK, Q3 2025)

USD 1,000-1,200 per m²^[1]

BDH housing loan

Not for a holiday home: family housing only^[3,4]

Foreign buyers

Up to 3,000 m²^[7,8,9] in total without a licence

Faraya, Kfardebian, Bekaa and Chouf resorts

No published prices found

How to check a summer home from abroad#

1. 1
   Get the property's identifiers from the seller. Ask for the governorate, district, real estate zone, property number, section and block^[15,17]. You need these for any registry document, and for a flat the section and block matter too. Here is how to find a property's number and zone.
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   Request a recent Land Registry extract (ifadeh aqariyeh). The official certificate is requested at the land registry office for the area where the property lies^[15,18]. From abroad, you can ask an OMT agent for a copy using the same identifiers plus your mobile number and email address^[15,17]. The extract lists the owners and their shares, mortgages, seizures and pending court actions^[15,16]. Our sources give no fee or waiting time, so ask the registry office or your notary (kateb adel).
3. 3
   Check whether the land has been surveyed. If the plot has not been finally surveyed, the extract does not show its area^[15,16]. A 2015 report said unsurveyed land made up about a quarter of Lebanon and most of Baabda, Matn, Chouf, Aley and Keserwan, and that it was recorded only in mukhtar booklets^[19]. Annahar reported in March 2026 that Finance Ministry Circular 609/2026 of 25 February 2026^[20] limits the mukhtar's role for such land to identification. Ask the registry office or a lawyer how unsurveyed land is recorded now, and read the risks of buying unsurveyed land.
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   See the plot on the ground. Ask the land registry office for the area, or a licensed surveyor, for the plot's cadastral map sheet, and have the surveyor walk the boundaries with you or the person holding your power of attorney. We found no published fee, office or waiting time for this, so ask them first. Do not rely on the seller pointing at a hillside.
5. 5
   Clear charges before you sign. Kallas says every mortgage, seizure, notice of litigation and easement on the folio passes to the buyer unless it is cleared first^[21]. Ask the notary to confirm the extract is clean on the day you sign.
6. 6
   If you plan to build, ask the municipality first. Law 294/2022 temporarily cut permit fees for houses built to model designs, limited to 2 floors, 250 m² total, 150 m² per floor, 7.5 m high^[22]. It excludes governorate centres and main cities, archaeological and tourist areas, nature reserves, and landslide and flood zones. Ask the municipality whether the scheme still applies to your plot. More on model-design permit discounts.

It depends on#

• Mountain or sea. Prices, seasons and access differ, and JSK's Q3 2025 figures put Faqra well above Batroun and Jbeil^[1]. Compare the two settings in mountain or coast, then ask local agents for recent sale prices, not asking prices.
• How you pay. BDH will not finance a non-family home^[3,4]. Ask your bank in your country of residence what it can lend against assets there.
• Your nationality. Foreign buyers count every property they own against the 3,000 m²^[7,8,9] limit. Have the notary confirm your total before you sign.
• The village's registry status. Surveyed land has a registered area and boundaries. A 2015 report said unsurveyed land was recorded only in mukhtar booklets^[19], and a 2026 circular reportedly narrows the mukhtar's role^[20]. Ask the registry office or a lawyer which applies to your plot and how it is recorded now.
• The south. A draft law approved by the Cabinet in September 2026 would freeze sales in occupied southern towns, and no source lists which towns it covers^[5,6]. Ask a Lebanese lawyer before you sign anything there.

Common questions#