Numbers on the Greek property market, taken from official releases. We report the Bank of Greece residential price indices, ELSTAT statistics, asking prices, rents and yields, transaction volumes and Golden Visa figures, usually with our own tables. Each data article states which dataset it uses, the period it covers and whether earlier figures were revised. Where sources disagree, we show both. The aim is simple: give buyers abroad the real figures behind the headlines, with a link to every source so the numbers can be checked.
Asking prices for Greek homes rose 5.7% a year in Q3 2026, down from 10% a year earlier, Spitogatos data show. National rents were stable; the Southern Suburbs of Athens were the priciest region at €4,257/m².
Travel receipts in Greece rose 6.5% to €4.87 billion in August 2026, Bank of Greece data show. Visitors rose 13.4% but spent 6.5% less per trip; UK spending fell 32.8%.
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%.
Prices of materials for new homes in Greece rose 5.6% a year in September 2026, ELSTAT data show, up from 2.2% a year earlier. Paints and varnishes led with 20.4%.
Arrivals at Greek short-stay accommodation rose 5.2% in August 2026, against 1.5% at hotels and campsites, provisional ELSTAT data show. Visitors from abroad drove the rise.
Serifos has 273.75 registered short-term rentals per 1,000 residents, 27 times the Greek average of 10.02, a study of 104,999 registrations finds. Kythnos, Sifnos, Kassandra and Sithonia follow.
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%.
Homes listed for rent in Athens fell 9.5% to 26.9% a year by size in Q3 2026, xe.gr data show. Asking prices for flats up to 80 m² rose 10.2% to €3,087 per m².
International demand for Greek homes is 60.3% above 2020 levels and makes up 20.3% of all demand, Spitogatos data for January to August 2026 show. Buyers from the US, Germany and the UK lead.
Greek consumer price inflation rose to 5% in September 2026, ELSTAT data show. Housing costs climbed 14.7% on energy, with natural gas up 55.2% and rents up 5.9%. What it means for owners.
The Bank of Greece kept its countercyclical capital buffer at 0.5% for Q4 2026 and rated cyclical risks low, but named residential property prices among areas showing emerging risks.
Bank of Greece data published on 1 October 2026 show the average rate on new floating-rate housing loans fell 14 basis points to 3.39% in August.
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