Signed analysis of the Greek property market. Here we go beyond the news: what a new rule or a set of figures means in practice, which assumptions sit behind market claims and what sellers tend not to mention. Analysis pieces carry a byline and are clearly marked as opinion where they give a view. Where we draw on anonymised experience from buyer enquiries, we say so. Facts and figures in these articles follow the same sourcing rules as the rest of GreekProps and link to their original sources.
Of six EU investor residence programmes compared, only Greece’s and Malta’s still accept a home purchase. Spain closed in April 2025, Portugal dropped property in 2023, and Hungary has a draft bill to close its scheme from 1 January 2027.
Guests spent 14.57 million nights in Greek platform-booked short-term rentals in Q2 2026, up 8.3% on a year earlier, Eurostat data show, ahead of the EU’s 5.3% and of Spain, Portugal and Croatia.
New floating-rate home loans in Greece averaged 3.72% in September 2026, 17 basis points below the comparable euro area rate of 3.89%, against a 47-point gap in August, Bank of Greece and ECB data show.
Non-residents invested a net €1.03 billion in Greek real estate in the first half of 2026, up 9.5% on a year earlier but 10.0% below the first half of 2024, Bank of Greece data show.
Greece’s Golden Visa still starts at €250,000 for conversions. Prices rose 5.5%, growth beats the euro area and a 15% transfer tax for non-EU/EEA tax residents, in a bill tabled in Parliament on 3 November 2026 and not yet law, targets 1 July 2027. Five reasons, and the catches.
Greece’s non-dom regime taxes foreign income at a flat €100,000 a year. With the 7%, 50% and 5% carried interest regimes, Golden Visa rules and Riviera prices, what wealthy movers to Athens face.
Greek apartment prices rose 5.5% a year in Q2 2026, down from 8.3% in 2025, Bank of Greece data show. Other areas led at 7.1%, new flats rose 6.2% and Thessaloniki slowed to 4.7%.
Greek apartment prices rose 5.5% a year in Q2 2026, Bank of Greece data show, while rents rose 7.1% in June. Both are slowing, but rents remain ahead of prices.
The cost of building a new home in Greece rose 4.8% a year in Q3 2026, ELSTAT data show, almost double the 2.5% of a year earlier. Materials rose 5.1% and labour 4.3%.
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.
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.
Greek apartment prices rose 5.5% a year in Q2 2026, ahead of the EU’s 4.7% but a third of Portugal’s 16.5%. How Greece compares with rival Golden Visa and second-home markets.
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