I don't know how you did it. But you did it. You spent very little time in Ghana this time. But you made it count with all these GREAT videos.

Lands near big cities are trouble, buy a completed house instead. Other than that, buy land from chiefs or stools far away from big cities and avoid third parties. Just purchased 4 plots of land (100x100) each for less that $7000 with receipt and indentures. Don’t be discouraged, do it the right way and you’ll have a piece of mind.

You're my best KZfaqr. Keep on doing great job for Ghana and Mama Africa 🇬🇭🇲🇼

I was really was ready to buy land in Ghana. Listening to this changed my mind. I don't trust that system at all

Great interview Vanessa. My personal experience in buying land which is currently in litigation. I did my due diligence went through land commission and all the appropriate quarters and had it duly registered and now there are three claimants all showing "documentations" . The bane of all the land issues is corruption from all sectors, i.e land commission, to chiefs, stools and private entities. Why we cannot amalgamate all these convulting land laws from pre colonial to a simple one beats my imagination

I am a foreigner who was eyeing Ghana for investment , after this I am looking else where. Thank you Vanessa.

I was pretty set on buying property in Ghana before watching this video. Now I'm not so sure. This was very helpful.

The Ghana-Government should reorganize the selling/buying of Land to make it easy.

Guys, please realize that although it can be a complex and risky thing buying land in Ghana, it's quite clear to me that Emmanuel here is also selling his business by making things extra complex in order for one to feel the need to hire a lawyer/advisor. We need to contextualize what he's saying here. Yes, do your due diligence and be extra vigilant, but don't let what he's saying here turn you off in buying land and investing in Ghana, after all, despite all the complexity presented here, Ghana is still developing at a rapid pace, so don't let what has been said here prevent you from investing in your dream. Do all you can and go for it, there can be no great accomplishment without risk.

This is the content we need! Another great video.... Thanks Vanessa!

Thank you so much Vanessa! This is probably one of the most important vids for not just returnees but expats and Ghanaians on land advice. What to do and what not to do - so so needed. Thank you!!!

I have been waiting for this video...great work Vanessa.

Great video. Thank you for this. I am visiting Ghana next month and was planning to speak with an attorney to get the details of owning property. This is a great introduction to understanding the process of acquiring land and I appreciate you tremendously for it.

Am impressed with your videos Vennesa, he explained in detailed. These tips given are super helpful thank you.

Emmanuel is my solicitor for an ongoing case. Highly recommend him especially if you’re based in the UK/ US

I'm going to watch but I couldn't help it but thank you for your reactivity or proactivity😉. You really take into account the questions of your subscribers. Keep up with the great work!

EXCELLENT! MANY VLOGGERS ARE IMPLYING BUYING LAND AND HOUSES IS EASY. YOU CANNOT DO IT ON THE CHEAP! TO BE SAFE, YOU NEED TO PAY FOR THE BEST REPUTAION LEGAL SERVICES TO PROTECT AGAINST CLAIMS. MOST IMPORTANT.

This is the exact video I have been waiting for you to do. Thank you so much V! You're really amazing!

Much respect Vanessa, your out there despite all the current issues in the world. Although your in Ghana, your videos still give valuable insights to life in Africa. I'm like you, half Scottish but I'm half Tanzanian. Anyway take care your blessed x

I cant wait to watch this!

Always dropping great value Vanessa. Great video

Keep it up Vanessa. The land law is complex, however this should not be a factor to put anyone off wanting to buy property in Ghana. And this is the time to buy land there with the pandemic going on around the world. The prices will go up once the virus ends. I'm based in Manchester, UK, soon I'm moving to Ghana for good.

I really needed this ! Because i am ready. Thank you!!!

Thanks Vanessa. This is very informative. I am from Ghana and most of these things are way over my head😏

sis appreciate the work, keeping it coming

In the US, this is baked into the property (land or house) purchase process. We are removed from the complexities but that doesn't mean that it is not a daunting process. I never look forward to 'closing' because of all the paperwork that needs to be signed (Which you don't have time to read). I'll encourage diasporans and even Ghanaians to have an appreciation for what these lawyers do and pay for their expertise. It should be factored into the true cost of land acquisition.

Wow that was very insightful!!

Well done my son. This piece is very informative. Very proud of you xxxxx

seeing your name in my notification gives me soo much joy.

Thanks Vanessa for this content, it very informative and helpful when purchasing property in Ghana. Great work 👏

Very informative. Thank you! Keep the great job.

Vanessa this video was very informative and insightful. I am currently undertaking my due diligence to embark on a journey back to the motherland. Currently live in the UK, London. I paused the video like a million times to take notes. I have a page full of notes and will be using these at my meetings with the developers for land and home purchase. Thank you so much for the work you are doing. A million likes . Oh and thanks to Nana K Bartels for also adding to this topic and huge thanks to Lawyer Emmanuel for giving knowledge freely.

Very very good! This is the most exhaustive & comprehensive explanation I've seen given re buying land in Ghana. Very good Vanessa. Kudos to you & your guest. To be forewarned is to be forearmed! "Caveat emptor."

I'm sad hearing people commenting that they are no more interested in buying land in Ghana. All what the lawyer is saying is just showing you the right way and the possible red flags, all other works are not going be your work, you will find a professional to do all that for you. I'm into the same business.

I am so glad I watched this video. What an eye opener.

Excellent job Vanessa! Great video. I know Emmanuel personally and he's a great lawyer, very experienced. He was actually part of a team of lawyers that helped secure a few acres of land owned by my family at Peduase in the Aburi mountains when some people tried to be smart by forging documents and signatures on deeds and parading as owners of the land. Our original documents were removed from the lands registry and replaced with these forged documents, all in connivance with officials of the lands registry commission. What that meant at the time was that if you did a search on the owner of that parcel of land you'd find the name of a crook and deal with him to your detriment. Of course, because we were dealing with some of the best lawyers in town we sued the thieves/imposters together with the lands commission and judgement was granted in our favour against the imposters and the lands commission. Just a few weeks ago we completed the sale of some plots of the land to a top lawyer in town. He did his due diligence by doing a search. After satisfying himself with the results of the search, we signed a sale and purchase agreement after which he made payment for the land. After making payment he prepared and submitted a deed of assignment for our signature which will be duly registered at the lands commission as the new owner of that portion of the land. He's already started developing his land. I'm saying all this to tell everyone that though there are problems and complexities, it is very possible to own land with the help of very good lawyers. Every land has a legitimate owner and this can always be traced with the help of good lawyers. Anyone interested in land at Aburi can contact me for litigation-free land.

interesting conservation and emu need more of those particularly in land acquisition. I need a part two

Finally!!!!

Great, I appreciate your work.

Hello, Vanessa I will be back in Accra on October 2nd. I coming back to buy land so I can build a home on it. I will retire in Accra in about 2 years or less. Last year was my first time there. I was there for 2 weeks. Enjoy every minute of my time there. It was great to be back home.

This is so unorganized. This is why people are poisoned and killed over land. This system needs to be revamped.

Thank you for this video. Very insightful

I'm actually looking to but land in Sunyani, Ghana and I was doing my due diligence. I am very thankful that you made this video because I didn't know the process of getting the Chiefs approval or who to really go through I have a lawyer that's they're already working on it and I do believe he has have me a good faith but this puts me in Greater understanding so I can ask better questions I'm already going through the lands Commission and a lawyer so now I know how to proceed forward thank you

One small thing you need to get is a handheld MICROPHONE near the speaker more so if wear a mask as the voice is muffled and a little hard to hear. BUT overall this is the first one and a good JOB has been done. Keep them coming **

Yes, I’m definitely getting land in Ghana to build a house! My friend has land in Ghana and building a three bedroom house!❤️🙏🏽

Hello Vanessa, I learnt much from this video. Keep doing good

Great information. I literally have been searching for the answer to..what happens after 50 years? For the last few months. 😊

To buy land in Ghana seems mighty complicated. There should be an easier way to obtain land there. Ghana needs to sort out its land system.They are inviting people to live there, so things should be honest and straight forward for people who have lived in the Western world.

The whole process is exhausting, however, I value your information. Good content!

Great information this was well explained

Thanks for the important information great knowledge 👍

Well done Vanessa

You are doing a good job!

Fantastic content, thanks!

Excellent, very informative. Thank you

Very good video on land ownership. I will be coming to Ghana to purchase land/house and this was very informative. Thanks.

Sounds complex, but it is nothing to discourage someone. Buying land here (in Canadá ) is not so complicaded to many because the lawyer (almost always involved) deals with the complications. The only draw back there is how long the process takes...

Good exposition on landed property acquisition in Ghana. However, a lawyer is not the only professional when it comes to land matters. Estate and Valuation Surveyors are professionals who help client in estimating the price at which the land/property should go for. Land Surveyors also pick up the coordinates of the prospective land to determine if the coordinates of the site plan given by the seller actually corresponds with what is on the ground before the search at the lands commission even begins. Surveyors are needed when trying to acquire landed property.

The problem happens in the capital. The chiefs, stool and or family pry on people to cheat them. Is always advisable to buy from already acquired land by a company. They new Ghanaians abroad vacation time in Ghana longest is 6 weeks, the moment you leave resales the land and they have all the time, do you?

Vanessa, you are essential. Thank you.

vanessa very informative thanks

I am interested in buying something near the beach but it's so hard to find people that have decent honest business protocol.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention

Great informative video. This is very complex, I just feel sorry for diasporans who have been caught in a spiders web. I think buying a house or apartment in a complex maybe the best way forward 😊🙏🏾

Great video

I was intending to going to Ghana this year, however due to the Covid situation I do not know, have anyone seen the movie Joseph, I would recommend everyone to watch this, great production.vanessa I would like to reach out to you sometime.

We bought land and it was not like this. Simply check the registry to see who is the legal owner and only deal with them. As well, as it would be unwise to purchase land without a lawyer in any part of the world, Ghana is not exempt.

Thank you for the informative discussion! As there are so many consents, concurrents and conveyances involved... and with so little freehold land available, this seems to be additional disincentives for obtaining land or building a home there. A lease, even a 99-year lease with the possibility of extension, is still not 'ownership'. So, my question is: HOW would a potential buyer determine for certain, who ACTUALLY owns the land --- especially if even a Ghanaian lawyer cannot be certain? (And are buyers compensated for inaccurate conveyances?) Buyers could spend thousands of dollars and end up with nothing.

Hello there, Do you have the contact information for the m&O attorney you interviewed. Does he perform these task for others? I am highly interested in buying in ghana!

Great job Vanessa! Once you have built a home have you heard of ways to find a reliable caretaker to manage the house if you are out of the country?

Thank you Vanessa

Thank you - very helpful. I wish he'd said more about acquiring land from the stool/chief because I've learned my late mother has land in Accra and the Chief wants her surviving children to present themselves physically to him before he will hand over the land. I really haven't got a clue how the process works - do we not own the land until the Chief says we do? I thought it was enough that it was my mother's land and just simply passes to her children by succession.

Killed it for me and I really was thinking of investing in Ghana and in retirement doing half year or more in Ghana. Nope 👎🏽 I’ll take my acre (or much less) and a mule, here in the states. Trusting mine IS MINE.

Very informative 👌

I would never buy land in Ghana. Too many pitfalls. This video was exhausting to me here in America.

Has anyone actually ever heard of a landowner bring kicked off their land at the end of the lease? Local people will tell you it just doesn’t happen but perhaps that’s historic before land prices in Accra hit the roof in recent years and have become a hot asset. Safe to have a renewal clause of course but also bear in mind lawyers have a tendency to talk worse case scenario, put the fear in people. The higher the fear the higher the fee!

Great investigative work Vanessa. Can we have the contact details of the Lawyer you interviewed?

looking into buying land there, thanks for the info 🙂

Top video content sis

Thanks for the education

Goodness gracious

In spite of all these seemingly hazy legal jargons and cumbersome procedures, I would say that buying land in Ghana is just as easy as anywhere else in the world. It would seem complex to a foreigner after listening to this lawyer but for me as a Ghanaian the process is rather very simple. The complexities, it appears, exist in high end lands in Accra and other big cities.

🙏🏾 thanks complicated but informative

Very informative

Thanks for another informative vid, Vanessa. Can you do a part 2 with the lawyer? Could he do these land search and due diligence? If he would, what are his contact details? Are you going to use his service Vanessa or are you going to do it yourself since you're already in Ghana? Definately love to follow this up.

Great information,what happened when it's time to renew lease a lot can happen in 50 years I may not be around but my children and grandchildren will ,would they have pay again to renew lease and what would happen to them if the person's don't want to renew to my family in this country I have a will I leave everything to my grandchildren and great grandchildren the world is changing everyday like I said a lot can happen in 50 years

I would love to start a life in Ghana. Vanessa you make it look wonderful and see less with a lot of patience thrown in but I must say I am skeptical.

I plan to come and see the houses before I buy one

So complex you need a trustworthy real estate lawyer to petition on your behalf to garner the best deal.

Vanessa, great video (as usual)!!! One question/thought: Here in the US (and elsewhere) owning property is a major requirement in building family/generational wealth, with the leasing limitations in Ghana what options are there for mid/low income families to build wealth? This seems like a major limitation for the nation as a whole!? For instance, real-estate has contributed greatly to building the American middle class (and wealthy). Perhaps I'm missing something?

Good work

all lands in Ghana are not international investor friendly period. Only if you fully understand land , then you may buy but then also you maybe in litigation for years. Having possession is most important when oweing a land

How long is a reasonable time to receive allocation papers from the chief? We’ve been waiting 4 months! Every meeting with the chief gets postponed, isn’t there some higher power? How can they get away with not doing their job?

Vanessa-thank you for the video. Question: if I purchase a townhouse in a gated community, am I only leasing the townhome for 50 years? If so, do I get my money back if I cannot renew my leasing contract for an additional 50 years?

Sounds complicated but also simple. Persons who sell virgin Lands have a site plan which makes it easy to trace the ownership. For buying a house is simpler to trace the ownership through the district council. The lawyer has good information however there is too much theory to what he is saying. He is doing his job though.

A lot of steps but appreciate the informative video

Nicely done. I keep telling people to use a lawyer. That step cannot be skipped. If you do so, you are responsible for the end results.

I like your videos thanks

Where did you buy that necklace? I want one ❤️❤️❤️

Great work Vanessa. I always knew that some youtubers commenting on this issue were either ignorant of the facts or misleading their viewers. People should avoid leasehold as far as possible. You or your inheritor will be at the mercy of the freeholder especially if you have developed the land. Whatever the freeholder demands to extend the lease, you or your inheritor will have no choice but to pay or lose your interest. Ghana was an attractive repat destination for me until this video.