Guides

Practical guides to buying, selling, tax residency, non-dom status, title deeds and renting property in Cyprus.

Buying property in Cyprus as a foreigner, step by step

Who can buy, the District Administration permit for non-EU buyers, the contract, the Land Registry deposit and the point at which title can pass.

How transfer fees, VAT, the abolished stamp duty and the costs that are not taxes fit together on a 2026 purchase.

Capital gains tax at 20%, the 2026 lifetime exemptions, indexation, and the clearance the Land Registry expects before transfer.

How the Tax Department decides that an individual is tax resident in Cyprus, and what that status does and does not do.

What the Tax Department means by domicile for Special Defence Contribution, the 17-year deeming rule, and the paid extension introduced in 2026.

The Migration Department’s current criteria for an immigration permit: €300,000, the income test, and what the permit is not.

What a Cyprus title deed is, why the contract is deposited within six months, and what that deposit does if the seller does not transfer.

The contract, the 2026 tax on rent, and when the Rent Control Law might apply to the tenancy.

The permits, the mother title, the mortgage waiver and the contract deposit to check before you pay stage by stage.

The taxes that still apply to Cyprus property in 2026, and the annual property tax that does not.