Greece’s cabinet on 2 November 2026 adopted 90 government deliverables to the end of its term, including a new body for the Cadastre and building control and a property ownership register, the government spokesman said. These are announcements, not law.
The plan covers 20 ministries, with 27 deliverables due in 2026 and 63 in 2027, according to the announcement by Pavlos Marinakis, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and government spokesman. It does not give a date for each item.
For property, the list includes:
- restructuring the Hellenic Cadastre into a National Cadastre and Building Control Organisation;
- a reform of building law;
- public consultation on urban plans in 601 municipal units;
- activating a Property Ownership and Management Register;
- the Renovate–Rent programme (Anakainizo–Noikiazo) for empty homes;
- the first tender for social antiparochi, a land-for-flats exchange, and the first tender to use inactive army camps for affordable housing.
In his opening remarks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the transfer of planning offices (poleodomies) to the Cadastre a flagship reform to be accelerated. He said the basic framework of the tax measures announced at the Thessaloniki International Fair would be legislated within the next two weeks. A tax bill carrying those measures is also on the list.
On infrastructure, the announcement says 25 km of the Rethymno and Heraklion bypasses are to open to traffic. The Prime Minister also called for faster work on Crete’s Northern Road Axis (VOAK), whose first new section we covered in our VOAK report. Marine parks in the Aegean and Ionian are on the list too.
What it means for buyers
Nothing changes today. Until new laws are passed and published in the Government Gazette, building permits, illegal-works checks and property transfers follow the rules in force, including the Spatial Planning–Urban Planning Code (Law 5306/2026, ΦΕΚ Α’ 88/08.06.2026). The announcement does not say what owners would have to declare in the new register. Buyers should confirm how this applies to them with a Greek lawyer or accountant.
What happens next
The announcement does not say how each item will be carried out; some are tenders or programmes rather than laws. The only timetable given is for the tax measures, whose basic framework the Prime Minister said would be legislated within the next two weeks.
