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What is driving the Greek housing market's recovery?
EconomyFeaturesWhen it comes to Greek house prices, there’s good news and there’s bad news. On the one hand, some... the intuitive interpretation. Since the introduction of the investment-based residence scheme in 2014... the scheme remains among the cheapest in Europe. The reluctance to scrap or radically reform the residence
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Government makes last-minute change to main homes bill in bid to satisfy creditors
EconomyProgrammemortgages, the assessed value of homes has been set at 250,000 euros. For business loans... residence scheme, the creditors will be satisfied that the eligibility criteria are not too generous...MPs are due to approve on Friday the new framework for the protection of primary residences from
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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
was meant to have completed a specific set of reforms as part of the second post-programme review... was agreed between the Greek authorities and the institutions of a new primary residence protection... for the last few weeks due to the dispute over the new framework for protecting primary residences
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Newsletter 302 - 18/06/2021
government’s recent successes to resume the reform agenda which was largely set aside to deal... savings accounts set up for new employees. The intention is to put the bill to public consultation... the reform agenda which was largely set aside to deal with the pandemic. The changes being planned
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Government and banks reach deal over new scheme to protect main homes
EconomyProgrammeof the assessed, or “objective,” value of the property will be set at 250,000 euros. Under the Katseli law, the upper limit was set at 280,000 euros. The other main criteria will be the remainder of the mortgage, where the upper level has been set at 130,000 euros. The new system will also include under its
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Higher revenues set to ease coalition's liquidity concerns
EconomyProgramme, one day after the T-Bill auction. A meeting between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and IMF... the “humanitarian crisis,” the state received 555.6 million euros related to one-off fees paid by the Greek
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Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
PoliticsGreek Politicsone Syrian from Turkey for each one returned by Greece. However, the process has stalled on the Greek
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Timetable set for multi-bill vote, Athens hopes for debt progress in meantime
PoliticsGreek Politicswas one of 13 members of SYRIZA’s central committee that recently voiced concerns about the agreement... for the measures. Putting on his political hat, rather than the institutional one, the SYRIZA MP claimed that New
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Tax cuts set to lead package of post-MoU pledges by Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras is preparing to play one of his final political cards ahead of the next elections by presenting a package of tax cuts and spending increases at the Thessaloniki Expo (DETH... plan (as opposed to one imposed by the country’s creditors). He also stressed that the government’s
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Coalition set to extend, improve OCW but opinion poll favours ND
PoliticsGreek Politicspoints since last month, and by one point for SYRIZA, meaning the gap has grown from 9.5 to 10.5... be the number one priority for the next government.
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