Cyprus tourism swung from a record-breaking 2025 into a sharp 2026 reversal driven almost entirely by regional geopolitics, then began stabilising through the summer. This guide covers the latest arrivals and revenue data, what caused the downturn, and what the swing means for anyone evaluating Cyprus real estate with rental income in mind. 2025: A Record Year Cyprus tourism closed 2025 at an all-time...
Cyprus’s economy delivered strong growth through 2025, but forecasts for 2026 have been revised down amid a broader regional energy shock, even as the island’s public finances continue improving on a key structural measure. This guide covers the current growth, inflation, and debt outlook for Cyprus and what it means for anyone evaluating the island as an investment or relocation...
Cyprus’s real estate market has moved from post-pandemic recovery into genuine record territory: 2025 closed as the strongest year on record by transaction value, and April 2026 broke the all-time monthly sales record, surpassing even the 2007 pre-crisis peak. This guide brings together the latest published data on transaction volumes, foreign buyer activity, regional performance, and rental yields...
Planning Your Stay in Turkey: What Foreign Visitors Need to Know Turkey remains one of the most accessible destinations for foreign visitors, but staying legally — whether for a short holiday, an extended house-hunting trip, or a longer relocation — depends on understanding a specific set of rules around visa-free entry, passport validity, and residence permits. This guide covers the current...
Turkey remains one of the most practical bases for digital nomads combining an affordable cost of living, genuine cultural depth, and a growing number of cities purpose-built for remote work. From Istanbul’s energetic scale to Antalya’s coastal lifestyle and Izmir’s Aegean charm, Turkey continues to offer remote workers a real alternative to the more saturated, increasingly expensive...
Turkish citizenship by real estate investment remains one of the fastest, most accessible citizenship-by-investment routes available anywhere, and the core terms have stayed remarkably stable even as the surrounding application process has been tightened. This guide covers exactly what the programme requires today, the procedural changes introduced in recent years, and how Turkey’s route compares...
Coastal access is one of the most underrated factors in Turkish real estate value. A well-maintained, genuinely free public beach within walking or short driving distance of a development does more for long-term rental demand and resale appeal than almost any other single amenity, which is why Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has continued investing in expanding free public beach access...
Turkey’s official property sales data tells a more nuanced story in 2026 than the headline national totals suggest: overall sales volume remains healthy, but foreign buyer demand specifically has been cooling for several consecutive quarters. This guide breaks down the latest published statistics from Turkey’s Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on both national and foreign property sales, who is...
Demand for EU citizenship keeps climbing, and the latest official figures confirm it is not a temporary spike. This guide updates the underlying Eurostat data with the most recent full-year figures, looks at how one of Europe’s most popular real-estate-linked citizenship routes was closed to new applicants, and lays out which residency and citizenship-by-investment pathways real estate investors can...
Turkey’s property market has kept moving fast since the last time most trend reports were written, and the picture in 2026 looks meaningfully different from just a couple of years ago on almost every metric — prices, affordability, transaction volume, and where investors are putting their money. This guide updates the major structural trends shaping the Turkish property market today, using...
