A Greek draft bill in public consultation sets up a Real Estate Value Bank to collect actual sale prices and rents. It is groundwork for updating the objective values used to tax property, not a change in itself.
Greek property is taxed on death or gift wherever the owner lives. The three heir categories, the rate scales, the €400,000 and €800,000 thresholds, deadlines for heirs abroad and a worked example.
The City of Athens and the National Bank of Greece have settled disputes over seven properties held up for at least 30 years. Most become green space, squares and sports grounds; one unlocks the Votanikos regeneration.
Greece’s draft 2027 budget, sent to parliament on 5 October, includes raising transfer tax on homes bought by non-EU tax residents from 3% to 15%. It is still a draft, with no start date in the summary.
Greek law gives off-plan deposits no automatic protection. Nine checks to run before paying for an Athens new build, from the permit to bank guarantees.
Golden Visa renewal applications in January to August 2026 already exceed the 2025 total, ministry data show. The queue for first permits fell by a third this year; the renewal queue did not move.
A Greek grant of up to €10,000 for people who move their permanent home to 11 border and northern regions opens for applications on 14 October 2026. Applicants must own or rent a home there.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has suggested letting developers build one or two extra floors on buildings let only on long-term leases. It is an idea, not a bill.
In Greece the agent showing you a flat usually works for the seller. What the law says about brokerage contracts, fees, dual representation and exclusivity.
Greece’s 15% tax on individuals’ property gains has never been collected and is suspended to 31 December 2026. Where the extension stands, how the gain would be calculated, and what it means for resale plans.
New registrations are frozen in central Athens to 31 December 2026, with an extension to 2027 announced. The AMA registry, minimum standards, fines, the Golden Visa ban and the climate fee.
Article 5B lets foreign pensioners who move their tax residence to Greece pay a flat 7% on foreign income for up to 15 years. Who qualifies, the new deadlines and what it does not cover.
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