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Has the Cyprus government misled us?

The truth was revealed at a Title Deed seminar organised by the Cyprus Property Action Group (CPAG) at the Elysium Hotel in Paphos last Thursday.
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Cyprus title misdeeds

Property developers in Cyprus are strong-arming the government to do their bidding by holding up the spectre of economic collapse.
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Cyprus property boom ends as weak pound scares away U.K. buyers

The weak pound will result in British buyers of second-home in Cyprus keeping their money in their wallets for the next two years or so.
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Misrepresented property and conflicts of interest

What can you do if the property you bought is significantly different to the plans you were shown and your lawyer appears to have a conflict of interest?
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Under the mattress is just not safe enough!

THE PHRASES 'toxic debt' and 'quantitative easing' are now fashionable. What do they mean? The former means quarantining irredeemable...
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Cyprus (Larnaca) feature in British Airways magazine

THE December 2008 issue of the British Airways magazine 'Business Life' featured an article about property in Cyprus. Written...
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Dodgy Cyprus property deals made Hatton millions

DEREK Hatton has been called every name under the sun. Spiv, wideboy, scally and chancer were just a few...
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Cyprus building standards

A LETTER in the Cyprus Mail tells the story of a Brit who moved to Cyprus and bought a...
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Capital Gains Tax on the sale of property in Cyprus

FOR those who have immovable property in Cyprus and are considering to sell it they need to be fully...
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Is buying property in Cyprus as safe as houses?

WHEN you buy a property in Cyprus, your right to ownership is guaranteed under the law. Depositing your contract...
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Protect your property rights: Sign UK government petition!

TODAY saw the launch of an on-line petition asking the UK Prime Minister to exert pressure on the Cyprus...
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You cannot polish horse manure

EVERYONE knows there is a massive problem in Cyprus with unscrupulous property developers exploiting loopholes in the islands archaic...
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Cyprus: Island of love or fraud?

Developers retain Title Deeds for many years and use them (without the express permission or even knowledge of the buyer) as collateral to obtain mortgages. While such mortgages exist, the deeds cannot be issued to the buyer.
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The Title Deeds fiasco: Ignoring it won’t make it go away

ON MANY occasions this paper has written about the Title Deeds problems in Cyprus and the need for the...
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Top 5 tips: Buy Cyprus property safely

Buying property is not a process to be rushed. You need time to research the market as a whole and your particular destination of choice.
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Cyprus property trends: Does Google hold the key?

EARLIER today I was speaking with a journalist from one of the local newspapers. Needless to say, our conversation...
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Immovable property tax & fraudulent practices

The Immovable Property Tax law based on 1980 values is to most foreigners a very confusing concept which has no parallel in other EU countries. Relying on this confusion, developers ensnare and contain clients in the Title Deed trap.
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Top 8 questions to ask estate agents

There is a huge oversupply of new property in Cyprus at the present time. Compared to last year, the...
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Top 41 water saving tips from Paphos

Cyprus is suffering a water shortage crisis with many towns and villages being cut off for a number of...
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How to reduce your risks when buying off plan

If you're buying an off-plan property in Cyprus for which Planning and Building permits have not been issued, the easiest way to reduce the risks and protect your interests is to put your stage other payments in escrow until such time as the property developer presents the required permits to your escrow agent.
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