Area guides for buyers who cannot walk the streets before they decide. We look at Athens neighbourhood by neighbourhood, the Athens Riviera, Crete, the Cyclades, the Ionian and the Dodecanese, the Peloponnese, Thessaloniki and Halkidiki. Each guide covers what property costs, who tends to buy there, local rules that matter, such as short-term rental limits, and what to check before you make an offer. Prices and statistics come from named sources, and each guide shows when it was last checked.
Papagou-Cholargos and Filothei-Psychiko formally objected on 5–6 November 2026 to building coefficient receiving zones proposed for Athens’s northern suburbs. The zones are proposals in consultation, not law.
Zakynthos real estate guide: main areas, Ionian asking prices (€2,531/m² in Q2 2026), the €800,000 Golden Visa tier, airport and ferry, the marine park, the 1953 earthquakes and buying costs.
Greece’s environment ministry posted building coefficient receiving zone studies for Thessaloniki, East Attica, Kavala and Boeotia on 4–5 November 2026, bringing the regional units in consultation to 13.
The best places to retire in Greece judged on hospitals, flat streets, airports and expat communities, from the Athens Riviera to Chania and Kalamata, plus how the 7% pensioner tax works.
Living in Crete as an expat: Chania, Rethymno, Heraklion and Agios Nikolaos compared, plus healthcare, airports, winter life and Spitogatos Q2 2026 asking prices from €1,944 to €3,102 per m².
Lefkada property averaged €3,302/m² in asking prices in Q2 2026, fourth highest in Greece. Main areas, rents, the €800,000 Golden Visa tier, the bridge and Aktion airport, the 2015 earthquake and costs.
At average asking prices, €150,000 buys about 26 m² in Glyfada, 49 m² in Athens or Thessaloniki and 128 m² on Pelion. Twelve areas compared, plus buying costs, the 15% tax bill and checks.
Kifisia, Marousi, Chalandri and Psychiko in the north, Glyfada, Voula and Vouliagmeni on the Riviera, plus Vari, Gerakas and Piraeus, compared by asking price, rent, transport and schools.
Paros real estate averaged €5,263/m² in asking prices in Q2 2026. Naoussa, Parikia and the villages, the €800,000 Golden Visa tier, Antiparos, ferries, building rules and buying costs.
Greece approved the special environmental study for 22 Natura 2000 sites in the Ionian Islands on 27 October 2026. The next step is a draft decree for an Ionian national marine park.
The first 10 km of Crete’s new VOAK motorway, between Neapoli and Agios Nikolaos, opened to traffic on 29 October 2026. About 4.5 km of the project remain, due within 2027.
Kefalonia property averaged €2,531/m² in asking prices in Q2 2026. Main areas, the €800,000 Golden Visa tier, airport and ferries, the 1953 and 2014 earthquakes, rental rules and buying costs.
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