How to sell your house in Cuba
What actually gets you calls, measured on the portal’s own listings. Publishing is free.
This is not generic advice: the figures come from the 1.462 listings live on Casas Oasis right now, and they recalculate themselves. Last measured: 06/10/2026.
If you do not know where to start, the whole journey — price, taxes, listing and notary — is laid out in order in Selling a house in Cuba, step by step.
First things first: photos decide
This is where the numbers move most. Comparing listings published for at least 45 days — yesterday’s have not had time to be seen by anyone — here is what happens by number of photos:
| Photos in the listing | Listings measured | Average views | Get at least one contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 or more | 486 | 271 | 82 % |
| 5 to 9 | 317 | 242 | 77 % |
| Fewer than 5 | 270 | 203 | 76 % |
Source: active Casas Oasis listings published for more than 45 days, as of 06/10/2026. A “contact” is someone who tapped the phone or WhatsApp button on the listing.
The difference is not a good camera. It is showing every room, the bathroom, the kitchen, the yard and the front of the house. Buyers rule out in seconds what they cannot see, and a house with three photos looks like it is hiding something even when it is not.
What to photograph, in order
- The front of the house or the entrance, in daylight.
- The living room, from a corner, so the size shows.
- Every bedroom, door open and lights on.
- Kitchen and bathroom in full: these are what people ask about most.
- Yard, roof terrace, garage or anything else you have.
Price: look at what your area is asking
Cuba has no public registry of closed sales, so nobody knows for certain what the house next door actually sold for. What you can know is what people are asking for homes like yours, and that already places you.
Asking well above your area is not free: the listing still gets seen, but nobody calls. And the longer it sits unchanged, the less interest it draws.
What happens after you publish
1. You publish, free
We charge nothing to publish or to sell, and we charge the buyer no commission. You can do it yourself on the site, or tell Oasi — our assistant — and it drafts the listing for you to confirm.
2. We review it
Before it goes live every listing is moderated: that the photos are of the house, that it is not a duplicate and that the details add up. It usually takes minutes.
3. People see it, and call you
Anyone interested taps the call or WhatsApp button. That number is the one you entered: you talk to the person directly, with nobody in between.
4. You adjust if needed
Your account shows how many views and how many contacts you have. If plenty of people look and nobody calls, it is almost always the price or the photos.
The paperwork
To sell you need the title deed in your name and the property entered in the Property Registry. The sale is signed before a notary, and that is where the property transfer tax is paid.
That tax is not calculated on the price you agree, but on the property’s official reference value. Worth knowing the figure before you sit down to negotiate.
Do you need an agent?
You do not: most people sell on their own and it works. An agent makes sense if you cannot take calls, if you do not live in Cuba, or if you want someone to show the house for you.
If you do work with one, check for the Verified badge on their profile: it means we checked by hand who they are. And remember that any commission is an agreement between you and that person, not with us.
