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Limassol municipality warns 400 buildings need repairs

The collapse of parts of a balcony in the Neapolis area of Limassol late Thursday night has intensified calls...
Jointly Owned Buildings

What’s in the new jointly-owned buildings bill in parliament?

It’s been more that two years since a bill was drafted, designed to resolve longstanding challenges in the management...
Jointly Owned Buildings

No law to govern fire safety of jointly-owned buildings

The fire service is warning about the risk to lives from cluttered common areas in apartment blocks and haphazard...
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Investigation into abusive clauses in mortgage contracts

The Consumer Protection Service has launched an independent investigation into potentially abusive clauses in standard mortgage agreements used by...
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Ban construction within 100 metres of coastline

The Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou has proposed a ban on construction within 100 metres of the coastline. Speaking at a...
Legal Matters

Registration of Airbnb properties surges

There has been a recent surge in the registration of properties rented online, including those listed on platforms like...
Legal Matters

Trapped buyers still saddled with developers’ debts

This week, the Cyprus Borrowers Association (Syprodat) expressed "disappointment, discouragement, and a sense of failure" on behalf of trapped...
Jointly Owned Buildings

Cyprus’ antediluvian swimming pool laws set to change

New legislation will end the need for a swimming pool lifeguard on complexes of less than five residential units...
Legal Matters

5% VAT rate on new homes extended

Parliament has passed a law, with 34 votes in favour and one against, granting beneficiaries to request a reduced...
Legal Matters

Bill to halt auctions for ‘Mortgage-to-rent’ applicants passed

By a unanimous vote the House on Thursday passed legislation that provides for halting the auctioning off of properties...
Legal Matters

Cyprus raises bar further for citizenship

The Republic of Cyprus has introduced significant amendments to the law that govern naturalisation of foreign nationals based on...
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Civil engineers call for legislation after balcony collapse

The Cyprus Association of Civil Engineers (Spolmik) on Thursday called on lawmakers to act and create legislation for regular...
Legal Matters

Voting this week on foreclosure legislation

Government legislation affording extra protections to distressed borrowers with their homes on the line will go the plenum for...
Jointly Owned Buildings

New Bill for Jointly-Owned Buildings

In order to avoid misunderstandings, we have to admit that there is currently relevant legislation regulating jointly-owned buildings, which,...
Jointly Owned Buildings

New Jointly-Owned Buildings law in Parliament

The proposed legislative changes, tabled in the parliament yesterday, seek to modify and enhance the existing framework for the...
Jointly Owned Buildings

New Jointly-Owned Buildings law approved

A new Jointly-Owned Buildings law, which aims to resolve chronic problems of management committees and various other practical problems...
Title Deeds

100,000 still waiting for Title Deeds

It is high time a comprehensive solution to the issue of 'trapped buyers' is found, the House labour committee...
Legal Matters

Cyprus’ swimming pool saga continues

Cyprus' long running swimming pool saga made headlines in the Cyprus Mail yesterday in an article "Swimming pool law...
Legal Matters

EU sceptical over mortgage-to-rent scheme

Brussels may not be keen on greenlighting the Mortgage-to-Rent scheme, the latest lifeline to defaulted borrowers, despite authorities declaring...
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Structural Integrity Certificates are essential

The recent earthquakes in neighbouring countries, as well as the aftershocks, felt in Cyprus, have brought to the forefront...
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