I think I heard there is something similar in Hawaii .
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In Hawaii, you can lease the land, but seldom buy it. When you can actually it outright, the process is termed “fee simple.”
“I think I heard there is something similar in Hawaii .”
True. IIRC, it’s “land lease” vs “fee simple”, and fee simple is rare. (We left there in the ‘90s so I’m not sure how things are now.)
That can happen in the USA, too. We were close to buying a house on a pretty lake in the southern tier of NYS. My cousin who lives in the area warned us to check to see about the land. We learned that you can buy the house, but the land belongs to the Indian tribe in that area. It seemed weird to us, so we passed on the deal.