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Greece Storms the 'Prop' Charts

Sun, 5th Mar 2017

It seems as if people are rediscovering their love of Greece. The Move Channel carries out in-depth analysis of property trends worldwide and the following article came out a coulee of weeks ago. Not surprising to any of us of course.

The country was the fourth most popular country on the international property portal in January 2017, its first time in the Top 10 in six months.

Greece stormed the charts at the start of the new year, rising 18 places to overtake Portugal in the monthly report. Greek real estate received 2.1 per cent of all enquiries on the international portal during January. This is the country's highest share of enquiries since August 2013, when it accounted for 3.26 per cent of all enquiries. Greece's last time in the Top 10 was in July 2016, when it was ranked ninth, with 1.39 per cent of enquiries.

“After a brief rekindling of interest last summer, the start of 2017 showed signs of overseas demand for Greek property flickering back to life,” comments TheMoveChannel.com Director Dan Johnson. “Interest was not just contained to one area, but across several regions, with enquiries soaring for property in the North Aegean, Crete, the South Aegean and Attica.

“After a year of political uncertainty elsewhere, talk of national debt and a potential ‘Grexit' is back in the headlines in 2017, but Greece's lifestyle appeal has not gone away. In fact, it is more affordable than ever, after house prices have dropped for the last eight years in a row. In 2016, however, they fell 2.2 per cent, the smallest decrease recorded since 2009. With the rate of decline slowing, and owning a holiday home now an attractive alternative to renting, foreign interest in Greek real estate may be showing the first signs of a gradual rebound."

Diana