Practice Area 03
Real Estate Law
Whether you have decided to invest in Greece’s continuously growing real estate market, or to buy a home for your family, our firm undertakes the legal support of sellers and buyers throughout the entire property sale process.
Retaining a lawyer to support you through the sale process is no longer a legal requirement, but it is absolutely necessary to protect your interests, in order to prevent legal problems and damage to your property.
Due diligence before signing
- Legal title search at all mortgage registries and land registry offices in Greece
- Planning/zoning inspection with our specialised civil engineer associate
- Property valuation by experienced, certified property valuers in Attica
The legal title search is the stage at which problems that prove costly later are identified: gaps in the chain of title, encumbrances and seizures, third-party claims, discrepancies between the deed and the land registry entry. The planning inspection completes the picture, since unauthorised construction or incomplete regularisations affect both the transfer and the financing of the property.
Negotiation and financing
- Negotiation on behalf of our clients and conclusion of loan agreements for property purchases with all recognised banks in Greece
- Cooperation with real estate agencies and negotiation of special sale terms
When a purchase depends on a bank loan, the sequence of steps matters: the buyer’s commitment to the seller must not precede approval of the financing, otherwise the buyer assumes a risk they do not control. The special terms included in the preliminary agreement are what keep this sequence safe.
Encumbrances, land registry entries and inheritance
- Discharge of legal encumbrances and transfer of property encumbered with a pre-notation of mortgage
- Correction of erroneous entries at all Land Registry Offices in Greece
- Acceptance of inheritance
- Distribution of inherited property and co-owned property
An inaccurate land registry entry — wrong square footage, wrong beneficiary, a property registered as “owner unknown” — is not a formality: it blocks the transfer and the financing until it is corrected. The same applies to inherited property for which acceptance has not yet been completed: this is resolved beforehand, not on the day of signing.
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