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Mussolini's Old Villa on Rhodes Still on Real Estate Market

The Hellenic Republic Assets Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for raising money from state property sales to reduce debt, placed the abandoned Villa de Vecchi on the Greek island of Rhodes, which had been the holiday home of Italian dictator Benito...

Study: Airbnb Transforms Greek Real Estate Market

Airbnb is increasingly asserting itself as a dominant force in Greece's real estate market. This according to the results of a study conducted by Greece’s Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), which found that more than 126,000 Greek...

Having Bottomed Out Since 2008, Athens' Real Estate Market Stabilizes

As Greece officially exited its international bailout on Aug. 20, one indicator of confidence in the country is its tentatively stabilizing real estate market -- especially in the capital, Athens. Athens - responsible for generating around 19 percent of the...

Business Insider: Greece 9th Worst Real Estate Market

Greece is one of the worst real estate markets for 2017, ranking in 9th place with Thailand in 8th, while prices continue to fall, according to the Business Insider. Based on a quarterly analysis by the Global Property Guide, Business...

250,000 Unsold Properties in Greece's Crisis-hit Real Estate Market

For decades the Greek banks and the real estate market were operating as communicating vessels, with the former granting long-term mortgage loans to satisfy the increasing demand for real estate properties. With Greece being through the sixth year of economic crisis, the...

Decline of Greek Real Estate Market Means Bargains Abound

The Greek real estate market has declined considerably during the economic crisis. Estate agents say property prices have fallen to 1980s level, with some houses being sold for 100 euros per square meter. As for newly built houses, buyers can find great deals...

Greek Real Estate Market Still on Downward Slope

The Greek real estate market is still on a downward slope due to the lack of demand, the decline in people’s revenues and the overbearing tax burdens. In particular, Eurostat reveals that the Greek real estate market experienced the second-biggest...

Tax Evasion Wiping Out Real Estate Market

Unable or unwilling to collect $70 billion in unpaid bills of tax cheats, the Greek government’s turning to higher taxes for those who can’t evade them has pushed property taxes up 600 percent in less than three years. The Greek...

Greek Real Estate Market Set to Experience Further Decline

Greek real estate prices are set to decline further in 2012, with the most conservative estimates putting the drop between 5 and 10%, as daily Kathimerini reports. The impact is expected to be greater regarding older properties, which are in...

Real Estate Market Faces Severe Crisis

If measures are not imposed soon in order to raise the demand of real estates, the market will face a crisis. In other words, the demand will fall while the number of the available properties will continue to rise. The...

Athens Drops Next to Last on European Real Estate Investment Market Trends

Understanding booms and busts in real estate markets has been a major area of study among economists, and many of them have developed models seeking to predict boom and bust cycles in housing markets. There is no model for the...

Athens' Real-Estate 70 Percent off Fair Market Value

  Old apartments in Athens are sold at lower prices than their fair market value. In fact, they are sold even 70 percent lower than their fair market value. This is happening due to the constantly increasing “gap” between the...

Real Estate Economy in Greece Grows in Multiple Sectors

The recently released Cushman Wakefield Proprius Marketplace Real Estate report demonstrated a significant growth in the Real Estate economy of Greece. The economy grew in all three different sectors, namely industrial, retail, and office. The Growth of the Economy of...