A new ECOFIN 2025 report, “Housing in the European Union,” shows that home sale prices in Greece have surged by more than 60% since 2018, while rents have soared by over 45%.

Athens is a vast construction site. A dense forest in the hunting season, fertile ground for what the academics call the “financialization of housing”

The government is offering an attractive deal: a three-year income tax exemption for homes up to 120 sq.m. that switch from Airbnb to long-term leasing—or return to the market after years of vacancy.

The human impact is stark. Rising rents and limited access to property mean that more than a third of Greek households spend over 40% of their monthly income on housing alone, according to ELSTAT.

According to recent data from the Municipality of Athens, rental prices across the Attica region have soared by as much as 20% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year.

Demographics play a crucial role in housing affordability. Younger households (18–29 years) face the greatest difficulties

Owning a home is a dream for many Greeks, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to achieve.

Over 1,000 applications were submitted within the first hour as Greece launched its latest housing assistance program.

Greece is set to launch an application that records real-time data on sale prices of properties, anticipating that an increase in transparency, will eventually lead to a drop in the currently inflated prices of the real estate market. The app which is under development is expected to be fully operational by the summer of 2025. […]

Underground houses and hotels, once a necessary adaptation, are now popping up around islands, raising alarm to locals and architects

Greece's statistics authority reveals that just 16% of residential homes in Greece are less than 25 years old, and aging housing stocks are driving Greeks to newer rentals.

Spiti Mou 2’ housing program is set to open for applications in January with broader income and age requirements.

The latest official figures by the Bank of Greece (BoG) confirm that residential rents continue to rise throughout Greece, with the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki leading the way with an average 9.1% increase year-on-year in the cost of registered residential leases in the first quarter of the year. The figures hold more weight than similar […]

According to the Bank of Greece (BoG) indices, average housing prices nationwide have increased by 66.4%, now just 4.1% below the peak recorded in 2008

Greek PM confirmed that new measures to address lack of housing and to regulate Airbnb-style activities were on the table.