The world’s housing markets are recovering, according to the Global Property Guide’s latest survey of residential property time-series. During the last quarter of 2009, house prices rose i....

BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES Following the positive developments for the Greek Cypriot side in the Orams case, understandably one might ask whether the legal property issues may give a push to the soluti....

BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES When is it better to invest in the property sector; when the prices are going up or down? In a period of crisis, like the one we are experiencing today, is it reasonable to i....

Cyprus: Pay your share of the common expenses because it could cost you …

GEORGE MOUSKIDES A significant number of people residing in Cyprus live in apartment buildings. It is natural that when people live together there will be a certain number of issues to be resolv....

Cyprus: Invest now for your retirement property

BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES Because of the economic crisis, retirement funds face serious problems with regards to their survival. The loss of value of investments, on the one hand, and the demographic ....

Property: One of the safest investments in Cyprus?

BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES Yes, we will say it clearly from the start. Property is one of the safest investments; it is not a coincidence that Cypriots have always been investing in property and partin....

Is it time to buy property in Cyprus?

BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES The question is something that is puzzling many interested buyers, especially those looking for apartments or houses. Over the last 4 to 5 months we have stated repeatedly in....

Cyprus Editorial: Municipalities should take up golf!

We’re not suggesting that mayors and municipal councilors should take up the game. God forbid! However, with all the noise about Cyprus attracting quality tourism becoming such a bore to the ext....

Cyprus title deeds saga: at risk of creating a legal and social minefield

BY PROF. ANDONIS VASSILIADES Title Deeds, Building and Planning Regulations and Consents: A Sinister Combination The solution to the problem of title deeds is simple: disentangle it from the myr....

Another PR coup for Mr Sylikiotis and the Cyprus government

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir Taking for granted that Mr Sylikiotis and the government are genuinely trying to fix this huge problem (“Title deeds reform bills to generate €160 mln&....

Cyprus malls feel pressure from crisis

The newest fad of shopping malls in Cyprus, an unknown phenomenon up until ten years ago, is already going through its first crisis call, with some store owners doing very well and others considering ....

Are the property trends changing in Cyprus?

BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES The property sector is at the centre of the world economic crisis. In Cyprus, the repercussions of the international crisis that began in the summer of 2008 are now clearly v....

The danger of the Cyprus Property Price Index being manipulated

BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES During the past few weeks, information has come to the fore according to which the Commercial and Cooperative banks have created a special committee that will prepare a Propert....

Berlin – the institutional investors’ least wanted property market?

DR. RAINER ZITELMANN A new generation of investors has come to set the pace on the residential investment market in Germany. The place of investors hailing from the United Kingdom, the United States....

Exchange of properties in Cyprus: a solution in times of crisis

BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES We all know about barter trade, the exchange of products that our ancestors used and was the base for trade throughout the world when money was not widespread. So, why mentio....

Living in Cyprus is not expensive… yet!

The most expensive cities in the world are Oslo, Zurich, Copenhagen, Geneva, Tokyo and New York, but Nicosia is not too far off, according to a purchasing power survey by Swiss banking giant UBS. Th....