Real Estate Blog - Legal
Selling a Tenant Occupied Property - Rights and Obligations of Parties involved
29 Nov 2019
What are the main things you should check when buying a tenant occupied property. What are the rights and obligations of all parties involved (seller, buyer, tenant). What is provided by the Greek Law.
Read moreWhat is a Right of Access
29 Sep 2019
Definition of the right of access, when it applies and what you should know when buying or selling a property with a right of access.
Read moreHow to open a bank account in a Greek bank
24 Apr 2019 (originally 05 Nov 2015)
Instructions on how to open a bank account in Greece as a foreign resident. List of all the required documents needed for the procedure.
Read moreProperty on a designated forestland in Crete
15 Apr 2019
New Forest Maps in Crete. Certain properties in Chania region, Crete, plots or built properties have been registered as forest or grassland in the recently published forest maps. Property owners are entitled to contest their property's forest character before the Forest Office of Chania and defend their cases before the Forestry Committees.
Read moreResidence permits for expats after Brexit
23 Mar 2019
Information provided by the Greek government to British expats for the validity of the residence permit in Greece. For the moment, British with property in Crete can use their residence permits already issued.
Read moreHellenic Cadastre toward completion – HOW property in Chania Crete is affected
10 Mar 2019
Τhe Hellenic Cadastre is gradually expanding all over Greece. Announcements and Instructions regarding the property owners' obligation to submit the relevant declaration to the Cadastral offices are made by NCMA S.A. almost every week to keep everybody up to date. Read more...
Read moreVertical division in out-of-plan areas / Law 4495/2017
10 Mar 2019
The law 4495/2017 repeats the provisions of the law 4178/2013 regarding the possibility of establishing "vertically divided properties" in out-of-plan areas as long as these properties are built before the 28-07-2011. Many property transfers in the region of Chania, Crete, referring to out-of-plan real estate properties, are made possible thanks to this legislation. Read more...
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