Earlier property news reports from Cyprus, articles, features, letters, etc.
Parador Properties goes into voluntary administration
Parador Properties, which had a number of overseas operations, including Cyprus, has gone into voluntary administration.
The company was once considered to be one of Europe’s top estate agents. It used to fly prospective purchasers to their desired destinations and offered […]
July 9th, 2008 | Popularity: 97% | Continued
Top 8 questions to ask estate agents
There is a huge oversupply of new property in Cyprus at the present time. Compared to last year, the number of new villas, apartments and other dwellings being built for which building permits have been issued has fallen by nearly […]
July 8th, 2008 | Popularity: 89% | Continued
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 […]
July 3rd, 2008 | Popularity: 77% | Continued
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 […]
July 2nd, 2008 | Popularity: 75% | Continued
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 […]
June 29th, 2008 | Popularity: 89% | Continued
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 […]
June 28th, 2008 | Popularity: 75% | Continued
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 […]
June 25th, 2008 | Popularity: 93% | Continued