Real Estate Blog

2015 may not be the end of the world as we know it, but one thing is perhaps certain: it’s the end of the free-fall in prices home owners have suffered the past years. Nationally since 2007, home prices have dropped about 45%, in the hardest hits areas 55% or more. In 2014 prices fell slightly compared...

Till December 2013 the property transfer tax in Greece raised to 9-11% on the declared sale price. Since January 1st 2014, when the Law 4223/2013 was implemented, Greece has adopted one of the lowest property transfer tax rates in Europe. (3%) As far as the annual property tax is concerned, each property...

The economic recession observed in Greece in the past five years has admittedly prevented people of considering it as a promising investing target. Property buyers were among them. Irrespective of how much you may enjoy holiday under the unique Greek light, putting money on a secondary residence still...

Pursuant to the Law 4254/2014 the houses of a surface of at least 80 sqm, with an independent external access, which are self-efficient and independent residences on independent plots (therefore not belonging in the category of the basic hotel tourist accommodation) are considered as Tourist Furnished...

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For the past five years we have lived with such insecurity that whatever does not lead to a direct worsening of the situation passes for a victory. This is the case with last week's mini-summit in Brussels, which – one month later – reaffirmed the Eurogroup agreement of February 20. Only this time,...

Acquiring property rights in Greece may be an oral, non-written procedure, that is, not necessarily through a notary's transfer act. In fact "oral" property transfer was the rule back in the 19th century. That is the reason why it's very frequent when it comes to deed searching in case of a legal review...

Apostille is the documentary device by which a government department authenticates a document as genuine, thereby legalizing it for use in another member country under the terms laid out in 1961. Once a document has been Apostilled, thereby providing official government authentication of the signatures...

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