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Introducing Bahamas

 
   
 

Introducing property in Bahamas

 Real Estate

Welcome to HomesGoFast guide to the Bahamas.Our service puts buyers in touch with sellers of Caribbean property. The Bahamas has traditionally been an attractive place to buy property for buyers from the US. Europeans now view the Caribbean and in particular the Bahamas as a viable place to buy property abroad. We provide useful links and information concerning property in the Bahamas.  

About the Bahamas

The Bahamas declared independence from Great Britain on July 10, 1973, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an independent English-speaking nation in the West Indies. The Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Bahamas a country of hundreds of islands

The Country

Newcomers to The Islands of The Bahamas quickly realize that they have stumbled upon not one, but many destinations. Between the "poles" of Grand Bahama and Great Inagua are 23 inhabited islands and thousands of unpopulated islets and cays (pronounced "keys"). Cosmopolitan Nassau seems a world away from the desert-like wildlife sanctuary of Inagua

On many of the islands, tiny villages seem lifted from the Massachusetts coast and set down amongst palms and pines and iridescent sands. These beautiful islands lie only 50 miles off the Florida coast

Getting There

Nassau International Airport is easily reached by direct non-stop flights from Miami, Orlando, and Fort Lauderdale. Flight time from Miami to Nassau is about one hour, a bit more from Orlando or Fort Lauderdale. here direct flights from several European cities

Buying in the Bahamas

Real Estate costs vary across its many islands here is a flavour of what you can expect

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Nassau/Paradise Island

Economically the most important island of The Bahamas, home to its capital, Nassau, the seat of government. Nassau is a sophisticated, charming old town built on a sun-splashed hillside overlooking the sea. Nassau/Paradise Island also includes the resort areas of Cable Beach and Paradise Island. New Providence and Paradise Island offer perhaps the widest choice of residential property in the Bahamas. Much of it is very up-scale, with homes in the millions of dollars being rather common. Homes in exclusive Lyford Cay, which lies at the far west end of the island, start around half a million dollars.

Bahamas Tourism web site

Exhuma

With direct air links to the island and great real estate prices Exhuma is worth a closer look. Compared to other islands in The Bahamas prices are here are in expensive. The main settlement is George Town on Elizabeth Harbour, with its pleasant pastel homes. There are communities being built right now.

 Eleuthera

Easily reached, with direct flights from the U.S. to all three airports, Eleuthera is just over a mile wide and 110 miles long Here, the roots of modern Bahamian history were planted by the "Eleutheran Adventurers," who established what was probably the first true democracy in the western world more than 300 years ago. Much of the early colonial atmosphere is preserved in the tiny fishing villages and sprawling farming

areas. The island is 110 miles long and only two miles wide along most of its length. Just offshore is Harbour Island (renowned for its pink-sand beaches)

Bahamas Quick Facts:

  • Capital: Nassau
  • Population: 300,0000
  • Entry requirements: please refer to the official Bahamas tourism site
  • Area: 700 islands of 5,380 square miles (13,900 sq km)
  • Currency: Bahamian $; US$1=Ba$1
  • Language: English but major European languages spoken at tourist centres
  • Political status: independent nation; member of the Commonwealth
  • Religion: Traditional Christian denomination churches with Anglican and Roman Catholic the largest
  • Business: In Nassau, Paradise Island and Freeport/Lucaya, banks are open 9.30am-3pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9.30am-5pm on Friday. Hours vary in the other islands. The main banks are Central Bank of The Bahamas, Bank of Nova Scotia, Barclays Bank International, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, and Royal Bank of Canada. Shops open 9am-5pm or later with early closing on one weekday afternoon. Major payment cards accepted.
  • Electricity: 120 volts AC, 60 cycles.
  • Telecommunications: the international dialling code for The Bahamas is +1 242 followed by seven digits. On the island, use the seven digits alone.
  • Time: GMT-5 #

Bahamas map.Source:world fact book

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