#title deeds

The battle to free nearly 10,000 “trapped buyers” in Cyprus is heating up, as banks and credit institutions voiced strong opposition to a new law proposal discussed on Wednesday in Parliament. ...

A proposal drafted by the House legal affairs committee to finally solve the years-long problem of trapped property buyers will be forwarded to the plenum to be voted on before ...

Far fewer applications have been received than anticipated for the small-scale building violations amnesty, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday. The measure announced in September had been intended to ...

Efforts are underway to resolve the issue of trapped buyers, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday at the House legal affairs committee. Presenting a solution, he explained around 50 per ...

Cabinet on Friday approved a planning-permit amnesty plan that is expected to allow thousands of ‘trapped buyers’ to obtain a title deed, after they were unable to do so due ...

Hundreds of ‘trapped buyers’ of property may never receive title deeds, as their purchases are tied to developers’ mortgages on buildings ridden with irregularities. Interior ministry permanent secretary Elikkos Elia, ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Thursday highlighted “significant improvements” in the examination and issuance of property title deeds, which, according to him, will help reducing the average processing time to ...

The land developer’s association on Tuesday heralded the interior ministry’s decision to speed up issuing title deeds to three months. Describing it as a significant development provided it ...

Mafia on both sides of the divide in Cyprus seem to be cooperating in selling off Greek Cypriot properties in the north to foreigners, HP party leader Kudret Ozersay said ...

There is a strong indifference exhibited by both authorities of the state and professional associations in the real estate sector. It is rare for the latter to submit a proposal ...

It is high time a comprehensive solution to the issue of ‘trapped buyers’ is found, the House labour committee concluded on Wednesday, as deputies stressed their determination to tackle the ...

People living in refugee estates need to be given the title deeds to their homes as soon as possible, the House refugee committee said on Tuesday while it also decided ...

Until recently we believed that title deeds issued by the Republic had the correct area registered and that citizens could rely on them. However, it seems that suddenly at some ...

The Department of Lands and Surveys (DLS) said it will modernise and update its records so that each property is assigned to its owner with their ID number. Elikkos Elia, ...

Deputies on Wednesday were discussing a mechanism aimed at protecting – and preventing – trapped buyers, after Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides submitted a bill to the House legal committee. The aim is ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday accused the administration of the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) of “a display of sovereignty” in not approving the issuing of title deeds to refugees living in self-housing ...

By unanimous vote, parliament on Thursday passed a law extending to the end of 2022 the protection afforded to ‘trapped’ property buyers. It means the protection now applies to buyers who ...

It appears that there has been an increase in the rate at which title deeds are being issued. Be it with some years delay (approximately 4-7 years after completion) titles ...