Real Estate Documents & Process
Keys Bahamas Realty
Real Estate Terms
Real Estate in The Bahamas
The Human Body
100

This legal document not only proves ownership but is also needed to transfer property officially in the Registry of Records.

What is the Conveyance

100

Keys Bahamas Realty’s internal initiative that focuses on community outreach like food drives, blood drives, and clothes drives is called

What is KBR Cares

100

This legal concept gives a lender the right to take a property if the borrower defaults on their mortgage.

What is a Lien

100

This type of property ownership allows individuals to own the land and the building on it outright.

What is Freehold

100

This organ system is responsible for transporting oxygen, nutrients, and waste products throughout the body

What is the circulatory system?

200

Before submitting an offer, buyers typically provide this document from a financial institution verifying their borrowing capacity.

What Pre-approval or Pre-qualification Letter 

200

The company requires agents to follow up with attorneys to obtain these two documents for compliance and 47C purposes

Recording Page and Conveyance

200

The difference between a property’s market value and the outstanding balance on all liens.

What is Equity

200

In The Bahamas, the fee paid to transfer property ownership is calculated as a percentage of the property’s sale price.

What is Stamp Duty

200

These structures in the lungs are where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.

What are alveoli?

300

This compliance form completed by Bahamian agents details property specifics, owner information, and transaction type.

What 47C Form 

300

The KBR motto emphasizes that a company is only as strong as this.

Its team members

300

A written agreement that grants a real estate agent the exclusive right to sell a property for a set period.

What is Exclusive Listing Agreement

300

What is the standard stamp tax percentage for properties valued under $500,000 in the Bahamas?

What 2.5% of the property’s value. 

300

This hormone, produced by the pancreas, lowers blood glucose levels by facilitating cellular uptake of glucose.

What is insulin?

400

Agents must follow up with attorneys to obtain this specific page, which officially shows property registration and sale details.

What is the Recording Page.

400

KBR was founded by Kiara C. Jones, who started the company at this age.

What is 19

400

A clause in a sales contract that allows a buyer to back out if they cannot secure financing.

What is Financing Contingency

400

In The Bahamas, non-Bahamians must obtain this before purchasing property.

Minister’s Consent / Non-Bahamian Land Holding License

400

These paired organs filter blood, remove waste products, and help maintain electrolyte and fluid balance in the body.

What are the kidneys?

500

This document ensures all parties in a transaction are properly vetted for AML/CTF regulations in The Bahamas.

What is the Client Due Diligence (CDD) 

500

During COVID-19, KBR made this unusual decision to support agents and staff.

What is Opened the founder’s house as a temporary workspace

500

An appraisal method that estimates the value of a property by comparing it to similar properties recently sold in the area.

What is Comparable Sales / Sales Comparison Approach

500

In The Bahamas, this government authority must approve any foreigner purchasing property, particularly for non-Bahamian citizens acquiring freehold land.

What is The Bahamas Investment Authority (BIA) / Ministry of Finance 


500

This part of the brain is responsible for regulating balance, coordination, and fine motor control.

What is the cerebellum?

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