The law as it stands, obviously this will all change once the New Government is in place:
Property ownership is a public interest. But according to QadhafiÂ’s Green Book (Manifesto), private ownership is recognized as long as it is non-exploitative. In May 1978, a law was passed granting each citizen the right to own one house. More than that, property ownership is prohibited.
Libya was normalizing relations with the West and wass opening the country to large-scale foreign projects, but so far not to small-scale buyers. In August 2006, Libya issued Decree 21, establishing a new state-owned real estate company to partner foreign and private firms to invest in the real estate sector.
Foreigners can now buy real property in the country, though it is not clear if land is included. Foreigners have been slow to take advantage of the changes because the laws are still unclear.