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Penthouse in Athens Sells for a Record $20 Million

A 320 sq.m. penthouse apartment in Athens was recently sold to a Swiss national for 18 million euros ($19.78 million), making it the city's most expensive piece of real estate. The penthouse is located near Herodou Attikou Street which is...

Greece Doubles Investment Requirement for the Golden Visa

Greece will increase the minimum value of the property that must be acquired to grant eligibility for a Golden Visa to 500,000 euros ($532,000) in certain parts of the country, according to an amendment tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. The...

Real Estate, Golden Visa Demand Skyrocket in Greece

The Golden Visa program of Greece is the most popular in Europe, as rich non-EU citizens are lining up to get theirs for a minimum investment of 250,000 euros ($244,300) that will be doubled. According to a recent survey provided...

The Rio-Antirrio Bridge: an Engineering Marvel that Changed Greece

The Rio-Antirrio Bridge was opened on August 7, 2004 one week before the opening of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Within almost two decades, it changed the economic landscape in Greece. The Rio-Antirrio bridge, which connects the Peloponnese with...

Cyprus Suspends Real Estate Foreclosures

The Cyprus House of Representatives approved a controversial measure that prevents property foreclosures through October. The bill was passed over the objections of the finance minister, who argued it would punish homeowners and small businesses that pay their mortgages on...

Germans the Top Foreign Home Buyers in Greece

Germans have climbed to the top place among foreign home buyers in Greece, spending increasing amounts on beachside property in areas such as Crete and the Ionian islands. Data from Elxis, a leading provider of real estate services that specializes...

The Most Expensive and Cheapest Areas in Greece to Buy Property

The price of properties in Greece has increased to unprecedented levels in 2022 with the Athens Riviera and the Cyclades leading the post-COVID recovery of the real estate market. According to Spitogatos the leading app used in Greece to search...

Athens Among the Top Cities in the World to Move To

Athens is among the top cities in the world to move to in 2022, according to research carried out by Property Guides, a UK-based real estate company. The company which boasts offering a step-by-step resource to help people purchase a...

Apartment Prices in Greece Skyrocket

Apartment prices in Greece have skyrocketed, estimated that in the second quarter of 2021 nominal prices increased by an average 4.6 percent

Booming Calamos Investments Expands Chicago Presence

Calamos Investments’ Chicago expansion offers employees and clients a safe and affluent work environment beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.