Serviced apartments: A new hospitality market in Athens’ southern suburbs, between Airbnb and 5-star hotels

By Maria Kaloudi30 January 2026Updated:30 January 20264 Mins Read A new, well-structured hospitality segment is rapidly emerging in Athens’ Southern Suburbs, filling a clear gap between ultra-expensive luxury hotels and the often loosely regulated world of Airbnb. Kostantinos Kioleoglou, Managing Partner – Avakon As Konstantinos Kioleoglou, Managing Partner at Avakon, explains to BnBnews, the trend currently taking shape […]

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Top Real Estate Opportunities Off-the-Beaten-Path in Greece

October 11, 2025 Chora, Folegandros Island, Greece. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Etienne Dallaire / CC BY 4-0 For many international investors, Greece’s real estate market conjures images of houses on Santorini, chic villas in Mykonos, or restored neoclassical townhouses in Athens. But beyond the glossy postcards lies a less obvious world of opportunity: abandoned stone villages in the […]

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Athenian Riviera dominates luxury real estate market

The Athenian Riviera remains at the top of the demand for luxury properties, accounting for 17% of total requests for Greece, while on the contrary, interest in Mykonos seems to be declining. A key feature of 2024 was the increase in interest in luxury properties from Greeks, representing 16% of total demand. The United States […]

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Greece : New building regulation provisions unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules

Sofia Spingou 11.12.2024 • 17:40 Greece’s supreme administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that key provisions of the New Building Regulation (NOK) are unconstitutional. These provisions include incentives to increase building height in exchange for enhanced energy efficiency and more communal and green spaces, which, the court ruled, violate Article 24, paragraphs 1 […]

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House prices rose 13.4% in 2023

Nevertheless the realty rate inflation shows signs of abating, according to the Bank of Greece Nikos Roussanoglou 06.03.2024 • 13:26 Sales prices of residential property increased last year at an average annual rate of 13.4% throughout the country, according to data from the Bank of Greece. This is even steeper than 2022, when […]

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Greece: Inside one of Europe’s last golden visa programmes and what’s set to change

Greece launched its programme in 2013 during what became the country’s 10-year financial crisis. Greece is one of the last remaining countries in Europe to offer golden visas. The controversial ‘residency by investment’ schemes allow wealthy foreigners to ‘buy’ the right to stay in a country long term. Concerns over security and inflation have led […]

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Unlocking Greece’s Property Market: A Beacon of Potential

Written by Kioleoglou Kosta for PropertyInvestmentNews.com Nestled in the cradle of history, culture, and picturesque landscapes, Greece is emerging as a shining star in the realm of global real estate. With a confluence of factors that include its prime location, robust infrastructure, political stability, European Union membership, and a steady influx of investments, the Greek […]

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Greece’s red-hot housing market

Greek house prices continue to rise strongly, amidst increasing demand from foreign buyers and continued economic growth in the country. In Greece’s urban areas, house prices soared by 14.14% during the year to Q2 2023, following year-on-year increases of 15.32% in Q1 2023, 14.75% in Q4 2022, 12.77% in Q3 2022, 11% in Q2 2022 and […]

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Understanding Property Market Cycles and current Real estate Market Trends in Greece

2022 was characterized as one of the best years in terms of the performance of the real estate market and the real estate market in Greece since the beginning of the crisis, exceeding all expectations in terms of transaction volumes and total sizes in m2 and m3 as well as the number of permits for […]

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Ακινητα και εκλογες – Elections 2023 – Greek Real Estate Market

Λίγο πριν από τις εκλογές της 21ης Μαΐου η οικοδομική δραστηριότητα και η αγορά κατοικίας στην Ελλάδα βρίσκονται αντιμέτωπες με πολλαπλές προκλήσεις τόσο από τις εγχώριες όσο και από τις διεθνείς εξελίξεις. Εν μέσω ιδιαίτερα υψηλού πληθωρισμού, υψηλών επιτοκίων, υψηλού ενεργειακού κόστους, της κατάρρευσης τραπεζικών και πιστωτικών ιδρυμάτων, την πτώση των χρηματιστηριακών αγορών, γεωπολιτικών αναταραχών, […]

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