The authorities of Bouznika carried out a large-scale demolition operation targeting 19 apartments belonging to a renowned developer. This intervention follows the discovery of serious violations of urban planning rules and local development plans.
On June 1, 2026, Morocco will launch a national register of powers of attorney related to real rights . This reform by the Ministry of Justice aims to secure real estate transactions and prevent land fraud through increased traceability.
Minister Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has presented a major reform of the subdivision law . This text, awaited for thirty years, aims to simplify administrative procedures and unblock hundreds of stalled real estate projects.
The Provincial Court of Madrid has rejected the claim of a British buyer seeking 151,000 euros for an aborted real estate project in Morocco . The court ruled that Spanish law does not apply to a transaction governed by Moroccan law.
The Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, is launching the official register of real estate powers of attorney in Morocco starting June 1, 2026. This digital system aims to secure land transactions through the courts of first instance of the Kingdom.
As of September 16, 2026, a ministerial decree will impose stricter administrative rules on real estate civil companies (SCI ) in Morocco. This new framework aims to strengthen the transparency and traceability of assets through a rigorous standardization of procedures.
The Moroccan justice system is taking action against dirty money in the real estate sector . Faced with the explosion of suspicious transactions on the northern coasts and in Casablanca, the authorities are drastically strengthening controls on professionals in the sector.
Rapper Gims was taken into custody this Wednesday in France for money laundering as part of an organized crime group. This arrest, linked to real estate investments abroad, raises questions about his recent mega-projects developed in Marrakech.
Fourteen individuals are appearing in Paris for having orchestrated a vast cannabis trafficking between Morocco, Spain and France . The authorities seized a ton of drugs and uncovered a sophisticated money laundering network.
Coming into force on March 5, 2026, a circular strictly regulates the tax on undeveloped urban land . While it corrects irregular tax practices, its application is hampered by the severe lack of resources in the municipalities.
The Directorate General of Taxes (DGI ) is intensifying its controls in the face of the resurgence of housing tax fraud. Many owners are trying to pass off their second homes as primary residences in order to avoid heavily increased taxation.
A real estate company has seized the administrative court to demand exemption from the tax on undeveloped land . This approach threatens to deprive a municipality, already in financial difficulty, of several million dirhams in revenue.