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.
Skiathos property is in the €800,000 Golden Visa tier, with 5,802 residents at the 2021 census and €3,521/m² asking prices in Q2 2026. Main areas, airport and ferry access, forest and Natura rules, short-term lets and buying costs.
The Hellenic Cadastre completed its survey of Magnesia and the Sporades on 23 October 2026, adding 174,121 properties. Volos, Almyros, South Pelion, Rigas Feraios and Skopelos are now fully covered.
The best places to live in Greece all year compared: Athens, Thessaloniki, Crete, Corfu, Rhodes and six mainland cities, by airport, hospital, climate and Spitogatos Q2 2026 asking prices.
A 600 m³ a day desalination plant opened on Patmos on 20 October 2026, the environment ministry says. Leros gets a €5.3 million water system with a 17 km pipeline.
Kolonaki, Pangrati, Koukaki, Plaka, Exarchia, Kypseli, Neos Kosmos, Petralona and Metaxourgeio compared by character, typical buyer and the asking prices and rents Spitogatos and xe.gr publish.
Aegina property is in the €800,000 Golden Visa tier because the island is in the Attica Region. Main areas, Argosaronikos asking prices, archaeological and building rules, access, rentals and costs.
Greece has sent the draft decree for a national marine park in the southern Cyclades to its top administrative court. It covers over 9,000 km² of sea and land Natura areas on 12 islands, including Santorini and Milos.
A Greek bill, tabled in Parliament on 3 November 2026 and not yet law, would extend the 2027 property tax (ENFIA) exemption for main homes to settlements of up to 2,000 residents, add a €5,000 a year grant for Megisti and keep the long-term letting tax break.
The decision behind Greece’s €10,000 relocation grant caps it at 1,000 households, pays it in two €5,000 instalments and accepts home purchases or leases from 1 January 2025. The platform is open.
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.
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.
Homes in Crete damaged by the storm of 1–4 October 2026 will get state aid covering 100% of assessed damage, the government says. Inspections are under way. How owners report damage.
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