Zimbabwe: Buying a Home, Building an Estate – What Diaspora Couples Should Agree On Before Owning Property Together

For many African couples in the diaspora, buying a home is not simply another stage of adult life. It may be the first substantial asset created by a family with little inherited wealth in the country where the couple now lives.

The deposit is often not strengthened by help from parents. The financial flow may be moving in the opposite direction as the couple supports relatives in Africa while paying rent, meeting immigration costs and saving for a home. Some couples are not buying a home with…