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Market News
September 2010	17/09/2010 • Holiday home market still in free fall 10/09/2010 • Measures announced for scorched palm forest
August 2010	13/08/2010 • Real estate slump presents buying opportunities
July 2010	23/07/2010 • Subsidies to make homes energy-efficient 16/07/2010 • Progress on forest maps 02/07/2010 • Country home prices cooling off
June 2010	25/06/2010 • Real estate prices continue falling 11/06/2010 • Taxes add to realty woes 05/06/2010 • Sharp decline likely for property prices
May 2010	28/05/2010 • Housing market 'stagnant' 21/05/2010 • Office rental rates expected to fall 14/05/2010 • Property: From slump to slumber 07/05/2010 • House prices expected to drop further still
April 2010	23/04/2010 • Ten things you need to know about the penalty process 23/04/2010 • Fines for illegally altered homes 23/04/2010 • Plan to curb unlawful construction on islands 09/04/2010 • New fines on converted open spaces 02/04/2010 • Small apartments are safest bet
March 2010	26/03/2010 • Tax overhaul aspires to fairness 19/03/2010 • VAT rise to have only partial impact on prices
February 2010	26/02/2010 • Olympic Air and Aegean to merge 26/02/2010 • Gradual upturn in sight for real estate market 12/02/2010 • Sweeping tax overhaul 12/02/2010 • Property owners protest reforms
January 2010	29/01/2010 • Property prices bending to pressure 22/01/2010 • Taxation changes in property transfers 15/01/2010 • Country property market in hibernation
December 2009	18/12/2009 • Got the cash? Time to buy 04/12/2009 • New energy law afoot
November 2009	27/11/2009 • Opportunities for first-home buyers 27/11/2009 • Real estate market in crisis 27/11/2009 • Property owners up in arms over one-off levy 27/11/2009 • Tax squeeze on homeowners 20/11/2009 • Leave your name and number 20/11/2009 • Focus on renewable energy sources 20/11/2009 • No new building permits 06/11/2009 • Halt to all construction in scorched areas 06/11/2009 • Elafonisos inquiry digs deeper 06/11/2009 • Commercial realty prices in a slump
October 2009	30/10/2009 • Draft law on fire-ravaged regions 30/10/2009 • Foreign demand for property on the slide 23/10/2009 • Birbili pledges sea change 23/10/2009 • Old apartments gaining points in market 16/10/2009 • Economy heading deeper into recession 16/10/2009 • Property market still sluggish 09/10/2009 • Time for real change 09/10/2009 • Citizen George 02/10/2009 • Upmarket bargains for those with cash
September 2009	25/09/2009 • Realty recovery to take time 18/09/2009 • Hard winter lies ahead for property market 11/09/2009 • Coastal zoning plan unsatisfactory 11/09/2009 • Property prices burnt by recent wildfires
August 2009	28/08/2009 • Technical chamber calls on homeowners to ignore law 14/08/2009 • Recovery appears to be slow in real estate market 07/08/2009 • Air conditioner scrappage over subscribed 07/08/2009 • Renting becomes more attractive option
July 2009	31/07/2009 • Older homes set for energy makeovers 10/07/2009 • A new guide to walking in western Crete 10/07/2009 • A pardon of sorts for illegal home space 10/07/2009 • Energy-saving target for homes, offices
June 2009	26/06/2009 • New wave of taxes 12/06/2009 • My big fat clean beach 05/06/2009 • Out with the old, in with the cold 05/06/2009 • The return of fixed-rate mortgages
May 2009	29/05/2009 • Here comes the sun 01/05/2009 • Certified energy-efficient homes
April 2009	17/04/2009 • House prices down, outlook uncertain 10/04/2009 • Athens suburbs flourishing 10/04/2009 • Tourism industry braces for slump
February 2009	06/02/2009 • Luxury real estate costing less to buy
December 2008	24/12/2008 • House prices are resisting the slide 19/12/2008 • Constructors say 'no' to reducing house prices
November 2008	21/11/2008 • Property market not in crisis but recovery still far off 01/11/2008 • Confusion over single property tax ends?
October 2008	21/10/2008 • Positive thinking
September 2008	29/09/2008 • Land Register in race against time
June 2008	17/06/2008 • Learn About Ktimatologio or Lose Your Property 17/06/2008 • Ktimatologio Goes Everywhere in Greece 13/06/2008 • Home owners pay the price 02/06/2008 • Hard times force mortgage holders to sell
May 2008	23/05/2008 • Wind farm bureaucracy 12/05/2008 • Construction worries as prices stay put, transactions decline 10/05/2008 • Measures for borrowers 07/05/2008 • Bill aims at energy tests on buildings
April 2008	17/04/2008 • Zoning plan submitted to Parliament
February 2008	29/02/2008 • National zoning plan for Greece 21/02/2008 • Minister calls for holiday homes to respect environment
January 2008	15/01/2008 • Greece 7th in UK's top buying destinations
December 2007	Dec 2007 • Inheritance taxes abolished, property holding tax introduced
November 2007	22/11/2007 • First homes exempt from tax 22/11/2007 • Property tax base widens, objective values to be revised 05/11/2007 • Property prices slightly up
October 2007	04/10/2007 • House prices grow 105% in seven years
August 2005	05/08/2008 • Property tax changes from 1 January 2006

News and Articles
March 2008	Pound predicted to stabilise around 1.40 Euros
April 2007	State of the market: A quick and slow start to 2007!
February 2007	Construction permits increase 238% Is your house in Crete legal? New office, new business, new staff!
June 2006	Unlicensed agents - don't use them!
February 2006	Greek property taxes slowly being clarified We join SY.ME.NO.X Our improved website No business like snow business Carnival time!
August 2005	Buy now to avoid the new property taxes New planning law affects west Crete property June is bustin' out all over! Greece wins Eurovision 2005!

Maia writes ...
November/December 2008	A Weird And Wonderful Plant • Greek News • Seasonal Produce - Cauliflower • The Trouble With Greek • Greek Orthodox Saint Of The Month
September/October 2008	An Ordinary Agricultural Track In Autumn • Greek News • Seasonal Produce • The Trouble With Greek • Greek Orthodox Saint Of The Month
May/June 2008	Beautiful Annuals • Greek News • Seasonal Produce • The Trouble With Greek • Greek Orthodox Saint Of The Month
March/April 2008	A little bit about Orchids • What's in a name? • Rocks and caves • The Trouble With Greek • Saint Of The Month
February 2008	The Joys of February • Eat Your Greens • Cash, Hash and Kalash-nikov
June/July 2007	C'mon Baby, Don't Light My Fire • Fruit of the season - Apricot • A Monster Plant
April/May 2007	Seafood (Maia on holiday)
February/March 2007	Global warming affects Crete? • Crete in the rain • Cretan creepy-crawlies part 1
July 2006	Country walks in June • Education reforms

The lighter side of life ...
July 2006	Speak Cretan in 15 minutes! (2) Greek humour (1) Greek humour (2) Cretan Highway Code - part 3 Emergency sign in South Australia
February 2006	Speak Cretan in 15 minutes! (1) Cretan Highway Code - part 2 Greek mothers (1) Greek mothers (2)
August 2005	Cretan Highway Code - part 1 The road to recovery
March 2005	Odysseus calling Penelope ... Quantity or quality?



Wednesday February 08, 2012

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