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  "title": "Greek property changes for 2027: which are law, and which, like the 15% tax on non-EU buyers, are only announced",
  "dek": "Greece has written into law an end to ENFIA on Greek tax residents' main homes in its smallest settlements, and bank-only rent payments start on 1 July 2027, but the 15% transfer tax on non-EU home buyers has only been announced, with no bill published as of 8 October 2026.",
  "description": "Greece's 15% transfer tax on non-EU home buyers is announced, not law, and who pays is unclear. See which 2027 ENFIA and rent changes are already law.",
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        "group": "Greek tax residents who own a main home in a small settlement",
        "effect": "Under law 5246/2025, ENFIA on a main home worth up to €400,000 in a settlement of up to 1,500 inhabitants (1,700 in Western Macedonia, Evros and some border municipalities in northern Greece) is halved for 2026 and abolished from 2027; owners who are not Greek tax residents get no exemption.[S1]"
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        "effect": "Rental income from tax year 2026 is taxed at 25% on the slice between €12,000 and €24,000, under law 5246/2025.[S1] A lease of at least three years on a home left empty for the previous three years qualifies for the current three-year tax exemption only if signed by 31 December 2026, unless the announced extension becomes law.[S1][S10]"
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        "group": "Non-EU buyers of Greek homes",
        "effect": "Nothing changes yet: the 15% transfer tax from 1 July 2027 has been announced but not legislated, and it is unclear whether it targets non-EU citizens or non-EU tax residents.[S3][S10][S17]"
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        "group": "Tenants and landlords",
        "effect": "From 1 July 2027 rent must be paid only through a bank account; until then current payment methods remain valid.[S12][S13]"
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    "action": "Nothing changes yet under the announced measures, which had no bill as of 8 October 2026.[S17] Under current law, sign any qualifying lease on an empty home (at least three years, on a home empty for the previous three years) by 31 December 2026 to get the exemption,[S1] and set up bank payment of rent before 1 July 2027.[S12]"
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      "name": "Housing and property tax measures announced at the 2026 Thessaloniki International Fair (no bill yet)",
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        "label": "Announced by the Prime Minister at the Thessaloniki International Fair (ΔΕΘ) [S7]",
        "date": "2026-09-05",
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        "label": "Costed in the draft 2027 state budget, tabled in a parliamentary committee [S2]",
        "date": "2026-10-05",
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        "label": "Bill published and voted in Parliament [S17]",
        "when": "Not scheduled",
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        "label": "Measures take effect [S8][S10]",
        "when": "Expected: 2027 ENFIA assessment, mid-March 2027 according to Newsit; announced start 1 July 2027 for the transfer tax",
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      "date": "2026-12-31",
      "label": "Last day to sign a lease of at least three years on a home empty for the previous three years and qualify for Greece's current three-year rental tax exemption"
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      "date": "2027-07-01",
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    "Rent must be paid only through a bank from 1 July 2027, after decision Α.1187/2026 of ΑΑΔΕ, the tax authority, moved the start from 1 October 2026.[S12][S14][S24]",
    "A 2,000-inhabitant ENFIA threshold and a 15% transfer tax on non-EU home buyers were announced on 5 September 2026, but no bill had been published by 8 October 2026.[S7][S10][S17]"
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      "claim": "Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών reported, citing Finance Ministry sources, that the 15% transfer tax for non-EU buyers would apply from 1 January 2027.[S21]",
      "finding": "The Finance Ministry's presentation of the measures set the start at 1 July 2027,[S10] and the draft 2027 budget, as quoted by Taxheaven, dates it to July 2027.[S3]"
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      "finding": "The citizenship test is not in the draft 2027 budget text as quoted by Taxheaven and CNN Greece, which says individuals who are tax residents of non-EU countries.[S3][S4] The Prime Minister's speech said only buyers who come from third countries outside the EU.[S7]"
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      "claim": "The Finance Ministry said in 2025 that ENFIA on main homes in small settlements would be halved from 2026 and abolished from 2027.[S26]",
      "finding": "Law 5246/2025 confirms both steps, but only for individuals who are Greek tax residents, on a main home worth up to €400,000, outside Attica except its islands.[S1]"
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      "claim": "ΑΑΔΕ moved bank-only rent payments to 1 July 2027.[S12]",
      "finding": "Decision Α.1187/2026 sets 1 July 2027, and existing payment methods remain valid until then.[S12][S13]"
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    "When the bill carrying the ΔΕΘ 2026 housing measures will be published. The wider ENFIA exemption needs to be law before the 2027 assessment.",
    "Whether the 15% transfer tax will apply to citizens of non-EU countries, as press reports say, or to tax residents of non-EU countries, as the draft budget text says.",
    "How the 15% transfer tax will interact with the Golden Visa scheme.",
    "Whether the 2,200 cap will also cover Evros and the border municipalities of Central Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, and Epirus that share the current 1,700 cap. Announcements mention only Western Macedonia.",
    "Which 131 settlements will be added. No official list has been published.",
    "Whether the €400,000 value cap and the tax-residence condition will stay unchanged in the bill itself.",
    "The exact terms of the extended VAT suspension on new buildings.",
    "Whether the extended empty-home exemption will keep its current conditions."
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