Sint Maarten sits in a rare sweet spot in the Caribbean real estate world. It’s a 37-square-mile island shared between the Netherlands and France, and it attracts buyers ranging from retirees dreaming of year-round sunshine to investors looking for strong rental yield in a place that sees millions of tourists annually. But is buying property...

There is something that sets Sint Maarten apart from every other Caribbean island market, and experienced buyers notice it almost immediately. The island’s unique dual-nationality identity — Dutch Sint Maarten on the south, French Saint Martin on the north — creates a real estate environment that is layered, cosmopolitan, and genuinely hard to replicate elsewhere...