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Local authorities obstructing Title Deeds

Local authorities are preventing the Land Registry from issuing Title Deeds to trapped buyers by refusing to issue Certificates of Approval for properties suffering from trivial planning infringements.
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Troika: reforms must accelerate

Following the troika's recent mission to the island, the ECB and EC have urged Cyprus to accelerate the reform programme in a number of key areas including setting up a sustainable and efficient title deeds transfer system.
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MEP questions Title Deed costs

Daniel Dalton, MEP for the West Midlands, raised a question in the European Commission relating to the costs of obtaining Title Deeds in cases where developers have failed to complete projects.
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URGENT notice – trapped buyers

Nefarious individuals are deceiving 'trapped buyers' in Cyprus into believing that they will not be offered the Title Deeds to the property they purchased under the provisions of the 'hidden mortgage' law if they bought by way of a housing loan.
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Trapped buyers apply for title deeds

Around 4,000 ‘trapped buyers’ who have paid for their property but cannot get their Title Deeds have submitted applications since the ‘hidden mortgage’ law came into force on Thursday 3rd September.
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Hidden mortgage bill passed

At today's plenary session of the Cyprus parliament MPs approved the hidden mortgage bill designed to resolve the issue of 'trapped' property buyers who are unable to obtain Title Deeds due to their developer's debts.
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Hidden mortgage bill expected to pass

The hidden mortgage bill, designed to assist trapped home buyers who were duped into buying property built on land that nefarious developers had earlier mortgaged to the bank, is expected to pass at tomorrow's plenary.
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Hole in hidden mortgage bill plugged

The hole in the hidden mortgage bill, designed to protect those who were duped into buying property built on land that nefarious developers had earlier mortgaged to the bank has been plugged.
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Banks to recoup loans by ‘hook or crook’

Banks must find a way to recoup loans granted to insolvent developers once 'trapped' properties are released to home buyers, Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos said following a joint session of the House interior and finance committees.
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Title Deed regulations approved (updated)

The Cabinet has approved the Title Deed regulations needed to implement the 'hidden mortgages' law to protect home buyers in Cyprus who were duped into buying property that developers has previously mortgaged to the bank.
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Troika turns up the heat on Title Deeds

Cyprus will not receive the next tranche of the bailout loan from the troika until it enacts legislation to protect those home buyers who have paid for their properties but have not received Title Deeds.
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September vote on hidden mortgages bill

A vote on the 'hidden mortgages' bill designed to resolve the mess of those who have paid for their property but cannot get its Title Deed because it was mortgaged by the developer will take place in September.
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MP defends hidden mortgages delay

Cypriot MP Giorgos Perdikis has defended the delay in passing the 'hidden mortgages' bill saying that "If they (the government) had wanted the (title deeds) bill expedited they should have asked."
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MPs slammed over hidden mortgages bill

The Cyprus Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos slammed MPs for shelving the Title Deeds bill designed to address the inability of home buyers to get the deeds to the property they purchased.
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Shed a tear for the whinging banks

The Cypriot banks that failed to manage property developers' loans are whinging that they cannot be held responsible for developers using the money they received from house sales for some other purpose.
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Cabinet approves hidden mortgages bill

Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos has announced that the basis of the bill to resolve the 'hidden mortgages' problem that prevents thousands obtaining Title Deeds to the property they purchased has been agreed by the Cabinet.
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Eurogroup statement on Cyprus

The Eurogroup has called on Cyprus to tackle the very high stock of arrears by facilitating the sale of loans and ensuring that title deeds are transferred to property buyers without delay.
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Troika tightens screws on Cyprus property

The troika of Cyprus international lenders will not release the seventh tranche of the bailout loan until Cyprus property buyers who have paid in full have their title deeds transferred within 6 months.
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Cyprus property title deeds backlog

The unacceptable delays in issuing property Title Deeds by the Cypriot authorities is in the spotlight once again with MEP Vicky Ford requesting an update on progress from the European Commission.
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Hidden mortgage breakthrough

Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos has announced that the government intends to introduce legislation to resolve the 'hidden mortgage' problem that leaves thousands of buyers unable to get Title Deeds.
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