Lamda Development plans about 3,500 more affordable homes in a second phase at The Ellinikon, executives said on 14 October 2026. About 1,000 homes have sold at an average of about €1.3 million.
Transfer tax, notary, registration, lawyer and buyer’s agent: what a €400,000 resale flat in Greece really costs, line by line, and what changes in 2027.
When Greece raised the Golden Visa minimum to €500,000 in parts of the country, demand moved to areas that kept €250,000, a Bank of Greece paper finds. A senior economist also said there is no price bubble.
Non-residents put a net €515.8 million into Greek real estate in Q2 2026, 11.3% less than a year earlier, Bank of Greece data show. First-half investment was still up 9.5%, at €1.03 billion.
Public creditors cannot seize a debtor’s only family home without first searching for other assets, Greece’s top administrative court ruled in decision 1404/2026, made public on 15 October 2026.
Greece will revoke Golden Visa permits won through disguised price cuts or kept while the home is sublet short term, the migration minister said on 15 October 2026. It is an announcement; no legal text yet.
Rent from a Greek property is taxed in Greece wherever the owner lives. The 2026 rate scale, the 5% deduction and bank-account rule, short-term lets, filing steps and worked examples.
Greece is considering a new body to link the Cadastre with municipal planning offices, a deputy minister said on 14 October 2026. It is a plan, not a bill, and municipalities object.
Owners declared €973 million of short-term rental income for 2025, the head of Greece’s tax authority said on 14 October 2026. Listings missing a registry number fell from 11% to 5%.
Of the Golden Visa files lodged in 2022–2024 and still pending, 93.6% are in Attica, ministry data for August 2026 show. Outside Attica, two-thirds of waiting files date from this year.
A Greek draft bill in consultation to 24 October 2026 sets up a €2.3 billion fund to cut island reliance on diesel power and requires suppliers to offer one-year fixed-price electricity contracts.
Laconia moved to full Cadastre operation on 12 October 2026, adding 326,754 properties in Sparti, East Mani, Monemvasia, Evrotas and Elafonisos. Filings, searches and certificates are now digital.
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