‘Blue property’ destination

Greece is emerging arsenic a top summertime destination for overseas high-net-worth buyers, with involvement peaking from 4 chiseled markets: the US, the UK, Northern Europe and the UAE. These are some of the cardinal findings from the “2026 Luxury Lifestyle Report” by Von Poll Greece, which specializes successful luxury Greek existent estate.

According to the company’s head, Natalie Leontaraki, “international buyers are chiefly strategic investors, having acquired an mean of two properties successful the past three years. For high-net-worth buyers, Greece is simply a top summertime destination that is portion of a broader planetary concern portfolio.

“The properties that prevail crossed the state are chiefly coastal ones and homes with unobstructed oversea views, arsenic they are the implicit concern precedence for buyers from the US, UK and UAE, emerging arsenic the top assets for 2026.” Such homes, called “blue properties,” and will pull the highest request successful 2026.

Preferences disagree depending connected the state of origin: UK investors similar Corfu astatine a complaint of 49%, up of Crete with 36%. Buyers from the Emirates similar the Attica Riviera, with a absorption connected Glyfada, astatine a complaint of 49%, and then the Aegean islands. Northern Europeans similar the Aegean (39%) and the Peloponnese (36%).

Crete, the Ionian Islands and the Peloponnese stand retired this year regarding request for vacation homes by foreigners, based connected a survey by the institution Elxis – At Home successful Greece, published a fewer days ago. According to CEO George Gavriilidis, “Crete is evolving into an progressively dynamic market, arsenic 1 successful three overseas investors is present looking for a location there. The percent of those funny successful homes successful Crete roseate this year to 35.15% from 29.42% successful 2025.”

In Crete, a recently built villa with a swimming excavation sold off-plan starts astatine €3,800/sq.m. and reaches €4,500/sq.m. In the Peloponnese, prices besides start astatine €3,800/sq.m., while the Ionian islands are much expensive, arsenic the mean complaint for akin properties successful Corfu is €5,600/sq.m. and successful Lefkada it’s €5,500/sq.m.