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Nov 12SHIPPEDTransparency rankings for 30 islands and 30 cities: every tracked off-plan project scored 0 to 100 on what is published and checkable (legal name, permit, handover date and its record, deposit protection, location, website, official lists), with the method and weights public, a source on every line, a right of reply on every row and the full analysis by email on request; Sumba is ranked with a disclosure, and the founder's own project there is excludedNov 12DATA27 more projects added in 11 countries of the Americas and Asia-Pacific, filling markets the previous batch left empty: the Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico, Belize, the Bahamas, Vietnam, Indonesia and Fiji, plus Texas, New York, California, Colombia and Sri Lanka (1,294 tracked in total): 13 have a handover date as the developer publishes it and 9 have a map pin from the developer's own map, page data or address; every fact has a source link and none is reviewed or scored yetNov 12SHIPPEDError sweep after the 11 November release: market pages no longer jump while they load (layout shift 1.5 to 0), the sealed X-ray page holds its place too, stale totals removed from the French and Russian home pages and the database page in 8 languages, one airport route that ran on an airfield service road taken out of the distance check, the Berlin short-let rule linked to the official page that is online, 26 broken links on translated pages repaired (payment email check, market pages, booking), the verify page now says its file list is weekly, singular forms in the bulk check, and the deploy guard's browser set-up repairedNov 12DATA33 more projects added in 11 countries across the Americas and Asia-Pacific, from Canada, the USA, Brazil and Colombia to Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand (1,267 tracked in total): 25 have a handover date as the developer publishes it and 12 have a map pin from the developer's own map or address; every fact has a source link and none is reviewed or scored yetNov 12DATA60 more projects added in 17 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, from France, Germany and Spain to the UAE, Oman, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa (1,234 tracked in total): 43 have a handover date as the developer publishes it and 25 have a map pin from the developer's own map or address; every fact has a source link and none is reviewed or scored yetNov 11SHIPPEDDeveloper pages now list official gazette notices about the developer's company when it is identified by its exact legal name: Spain's BORME (every daily issue of the last 12 months), France's BODACC (by SIREN number) and The Gazette in the UK, with notice type, date and link; no names of people are copiedNov 11SHIPPEDAround the site: project pages with a reliable pin now show the nearest sea, beach, airport, runway end, hospital, school, supermarket and transport stop from OpenStreetMap, and the yearly PM2.5 and NO2 of the Copernicus atmosphere modelNov 11SHIPPEDDistance claims check: distances and travel times stated on the project page we track are quoted from our sealed copy next to the straight-line and road distance measured from the pinNov 11SHIPPEDClimate at the plot: hot days, warm nights, yearly rain and heavy-rain days for 1995 to 2014 against 2040 to 2059, with the range across climate models (World Bank CMIP6 data)Nov 11SHIPPED39 developer pages of listed companies now show the exchange, the ticker and a link to the official filings, with the latest annual report date for those filing with the US SEC. No share prices, no adviceNov 11SHIPPEDStricter script rules on every page: a script runs only when our own page loaded it, so injected code is blocked by the browser; tested first on 271 pages, every tool, the portal and the adminNov 11DATA50 more projects added in 21 countries, from the UAE, Spain and the UK to Australia, Malaysia and Greece (1,174 tracked in total): each has its developer page, the handover date as published or "not published", and a source link for every fact; none is reviewed or scored yetNov 11SHIPPEDCan you legally short-let there? Project pages and a new guide show licence or registration, caps and zones, night limits and building rules for 23 places, each linked to the official source and its dateNov 11SHIPPEDDeveloper pages now compare the company name with official regulator warning lists of unauthorised firms (FCA, AMF, MAS, SFC, FINMA, Central Bank of Ireland, SEC) and show a no-match result with each list's date; possible matches go to a private review and are never publishedNov 11SHIPPEDAccessibility pass on 271 pages with an automated checker: charts and status strips are announced correctly, sideways-scrolling boxes work from the keyboard, small links are easier to tap; Russian pages use the right word form after numbers; project links open the project page directlyNov 11SHIPPEDProject pages now say where the developer's own schedule puts the project today, and the promised dates download as a calendar file (.ics) or a subscription that updates when a date moves; the portal exports your payment schedule the same way
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Kolaboro / Transparency / Transparency score: method and weights

Transparency score: method and weights

The score counts what a buyer can read and check about a project today. Each component comes from a fact we hold with a source; nothing is estimated.

Components and points

ComponentPointsCounts whenSource
Developer identified by legal name10a company name with its legal form (Ltd, PT, S.L., LLC...) appears in the pages we readdeveloper page we read
Developer found in an official company register5that exact legal name has a record in GLEIF (LEI) in the project's countryGLEIF (CC0)
Permit or licence number published15the developer or an official register publishes the permit or licence numberdeveloper page, official register
Permit confirmed by a register or independent source5an official register or an independent source confirms it/registers/
Handover date published10a handover date is publishedpage we read (developer or sales page)
Handover date record10not moved since first recorded or handed over: full points; moved: half; past the date on record: none/data/on-time.json
Deposit protection stated15escrow, a bank guarantee or insurance for buyer deposits is statedpage we read (developer or sales page)
Address or plot location published10an address or coordinates precise enough for a map pin are publishedpage we read (developer or sales page)
Developer website health10answers today (4), valid TLS certificate (3), domain registered for 60+ more days (1), no lookalike-domain notice (2)/data/web-health.json, /data/lookalikes.json
Official lists screened5no match on the sanctions lists (3) and on regulator warning lists (2)/data/sanctions.json
Price published5a price is publishedpage we read (developer or sales page)
Transparency score100

Rules

  • Score = points earned divided by points available, times 100, rounded.
  • "Not checked" means we did not run that check for the project (for example a website we do not monitor, or a name not screened yet). That component is left out of the project's total, so it neither lowers nor raises the score. A possible match on an official list that is still under review counts exactly like "not checked" and is never published.
  • "Not published" means we found no public source. It counts zero.
  • A place needs at least 5 projects to be ranked; below that the projects are listed without ranks.
  • Equal scores share a rank (1, 2, 2, 4).
  • Projects not yet reviewed by us appear with their score, labelled "Not yet reviewed by us", and with no other verdict.
  • Projects of companies linked to Kolaboro's founder are excluded from every ranking.
  • Developers can send what we missed through the right of reply; after moderation the data and the score update.

What the score is not

It is not a rating of the developer, the build quality, the price or the risk of a purchase. A high score means more is published and checkable. Read the documents yourself and ask a lawyer before you pay.

Independence policy

Projects of companies linked to Kolaboro's founder (Eco Beach City, Sumba) are excluded from every ranking. Kolaboro's founder develops a project in Sumba (Eco Beach City). It is excluded from this ranking. The other Sumba projects are scored with exactly the same public method as every other place. Independence policy

Places and how projects are assigned

Islands and cities were chosen by the number of projects we track. A project counts in a place when its market is listed and, where an area rule is shown, its published area names that place.

data

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If your project publishes something we did not find (a permit number, escrow details, a handover date, an address), send the document or the link. After moderation the score updates.

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