News archives for 2016

Market news

December 2016

13 December 2016 • Property owners and hoteliers at odds over short-term rentals
05 December 2016 • Home sellers getting paid in banks abroad

November 2016

25 November 2016 • Capital gains tax on property transactions set for another postponement
17 November 2016 • CoS verdict upsets ENFIA plan
08 November 2016 • Extra tax to be charged per night on Airbnb-style property rent

October 2016

30 October 2016 • Various changes under consideration as regards property taxation next year
11 October 2016 • Rebound in foreign holiday home buyers
04 October 2016 • September state revenues beat target

September 2016

18 September 2016 • Gov't talks to Airbnb about taxing owners
01 September 2016 • Greek residences among cheapest in Europe

August 2016

26 August 2016 • Majority of property owners under 50,000-euro mark
18 August 2016 • Residential property owners prefer tourists over tenants
07 August 2016 • Prices of luxury island villas kept high by foreign interest

July 2016

11 July 2016 • Road arrivals down, air visitors up

June 2016

15 June 2016 • Tax planned on Airbnb-style rentals
11 June 2016 • Ministry expected to reduce penalties for some illegally-built homes

May 2016

26 May 2015 • Tax hike for 485,000 property owners
26 May 2015 • Elliniko sale to be completed by end-June, says official
22 May 2015 • Doubts over tax incentive for investors
20 May 2015 • Taxation on plots of land to rise by 23-25 percent

March 2016

28 Mar 2015 • Office market in Athens remained stable in 2015 as empty space shrank

February 2016

18 Feb 2015 • New tax bracket for incomes of over 40,000 euros from rented properties
09 Feb 2015 • Store rental rates stop falling as new players enter local market

January 2016

25 Jan 2016 • Deadline for declaring illegal homes extended
25 Jan 2016 • New property tax to replace ENFIA from this year
20 Jan 2016 • New objective values still a long way from going rates
18 Jan 2016 • Half of objective values unchanged