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Feature No. 1

Top 41 water saving tips from Paphos


Cyprus is suffering a water shortage crisis with many towns and villages being cut off for a number of days each week.

In belated efforts to resolve the crisis, the Government is planning a new sea water desalination plant, buying giant […]

Published on: 29th June, 2008 | Continued

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Feature No. 2

How to reduce your risks when buying off plan


THE majority of Brits buying new property in Cyprus buy ‘off plan’ from one of the many developers. (Off plan is where a property being bought is at the planning stage and has yet to be built)

One of the potential […]

Published on: 25th June, 2008 | Continued

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Feature No. 3

No title deeds - no sale


LAST week, Jean Christou reported how an elderly woman, who has been waiting for the Title Deeds to her property since 1982, was being held to ransom by her developer who is demanding more than €25,000 in what he claims […]

Published on: 8th June, 2008 | Continued

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Feature No. 4

London property protest


A GROUP of British expats frustrated with the judicial system in Cyprus protested at Alexandra Palace London on Sunday where President Demetris Christofias was addressing a gathering of UK-based Cypriots.

The protest was led by Conor O’Dwyer, 38, from Surrey who […]

Published on: 20th May, 2008 | Continued

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Feature No. 5

The property bubble


IN PARALLEL with the tourist decline, the property boom in Cyprus went into reverse from 2005 onwards.

Nevertheless, over that period we have seen countless articles and utterances seeking to deny first that there is a problem at all and, when […]

Published on: 15th May, 2008 | Continued

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Property insulation scam

THE Cyprus Green Party General Secretary, George Perdikis, yesterday claimed properties were being sold under the pretext of being insulated, when they in fact weren’t.

He claimed that financial interests were hidden behind a recent alteration of regulations for house insulations.

“Following […]

Published on: 3rd July, 2008 | Popularity: 21% | Continued
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Property construction continues slowdown

ACCORDING to figures just released by the Cyprus Statistical Service, CYSTAT, output in the property construction sector continues to slowdown. The number of building permits issued during the first four months of 2008 fell to 2,788 - a reduction of […]

Published on: 2nd July, 2008 | Popularity: 30% | Continued
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Do we need bills of quantities?

My wife and I are having a new house built at Psematismenos. We bought a plot of land several years ago and are using an architect from Larnaca. We have now agreed all of the plans and are ready to […]

Published on: 28th June, 2008 | Popularity: 48% | Continued
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Construction material prices up

ACCORDING to figures released by the Cyprus Statistical Service, CYSTAT, the price of construction materials during the 12 months ending May 2008 increased by 12.25%. The highest increase was recorded in petroleum products, where prices soared by a massive 37.65%.

Increases […]

Published on: 24th June, 2008 | Popularity: 80% | Continued
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New Title Deed law by year end

INTERIOR MINISTER Nicos Sylikiotis has assured property buyers that newly proposed legislation to resolve problems in the sector could be implemented by the end of the year. According to a statement yesterday by the Cyprus Property Action Group (CPAG), the […]

Published on: 20th June, 2008 | Popularity: 100% | Continued