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Parliament reopens debate on foreign property ownership in Cyprus

Parliament's Interior Committee is bringing back four proposals deferred during the previous parliamentary term, with changes aimed at tightening...

Cyprus revives affordable state building plots after 15 years

Affordable state-owned building plots are set to return to Cyprus for the first time in almost 15 years, marking...

Idle land is fuelling Cyprus’ housing crisis Loizou says

Cyprus does not suffer from a shortage of land. Instead, it faces a shortage of land utilisation, and new...

Cyprus land market surges in first half of 2025

Cyprus' land market performed strongly in the first half of 2025, according to new figures from Landbank Analytics. The...

Cyprus passes landmark urban land reform law

Cyprus has taken a bold step towards transforming its urban landscape, following the approval of a landmark bill by...

Encroachment: should I have boundaries surveyed?

Encroachment occurs when an owner of a property extends a structure or some other feature beyond the boundaries of...

Tax unused land to tackle supply shortage

House prices and rents are pushed up by a lack of supply, with real estate analysts proposing that authorities...

Land transaction volume & value increase continues

WiRE FS, combining real estate knowhow with technology, has published its analysis of December 2021’s land transactions across Cyprus. WiRE’s...

Demand surges for cheap land in the mountains

There has been a recent increase in demand for small, inexpensive plots of land in the mountainous areas of...

Greens hit out at local property developer

The Greens have hit out at a "scandal brewing in Paphos", with roots in the past, concerning land earmarked for green areas, which the developer wants to sell to the Bank of Cyprus to clear debts.

Cyprus Property worth millions under the hammer

Many millions of Euros worth of Cyprus property in all the districts comprising houses, apartments, commercial properties and plots of land and fields land are set to go under the hammer in June.

Lower VAT on land bought for primary residence

Purchasers of undeveloped land to build an owner-occupied primary dwelling may soon be able to obtain a partial VAT refund if a bill currently being prepared by government is approved.

Hammer time for foreclosures

Around 3,000 foreclosures have been pending at Land registries and thirty auctioneers are polishing their hammers to begin auctioning commercial buildings, holiday homes, and land owned by large debtors.

Aristo fraud suspects quizzed by police

One of the suspects in the Aristo fraud case has admitted forging a Land Registry document but claimed that he was under instructions by his superiors and that this was standard practice.

British bases land development agreement

The UK Government has signed an arrangement with the Cyprus Government giving residents increased flexibility to develop private property within the British Sovereign Bases.

Probe into ‘suspicious’ Turkish Cypriot land deal

The cabinet has decided to appoint an investigative committee to look into the purchase of Turkish Cypriot land in Larnaca following an angry row between the present and former Interior Ministers.

MEP calls for Cyprus land law reform

During his review of the Cyprus presidency of the European Union, Sir Graham Watson MEP called for a reform of the island's land laws and the establishment of a banking ombudsman.

Chinese developers have their sights set on Cyprus

Cyprus may soon be welcoming a number of property developers from China who are planning to buy land on the island or work with local property developers to build homes for Chinese families.

Britain to review Cyprus military bases

Britain will review its military bases in Cyprus as it seeks to extract maximum value from a shrinking defence budget, Defence Secretary Liam Fox said in a statement to the UK parliament on Tuesday.

Simplifying co-ownership on property

A new law is being examined that is designed to ease the problems associated with developing land that is owned by several individuals.

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