Tenants choose small and old

Tenants are shifting to smaller properties, particularly successful Attica and Thessaloniki, based connected the latest yearly survey by the RE/MAX Hellas existent property bureau web for 2025, arsenic 1 successful two tenants chose an flat with a surface country of up to 50 square meters this year.

Also, the survey has recovered that three retired of each 10 rented residences from 75 to 100 sq.m., while 74.1% of the properties rented are implicit 20 years aged and lone 6.4% were up to 5 years old.

Higher rental rates and the deficiency of properties look to beryllium pushing much and much tenants to smaller residences, which are besides much affordable compared to larger units. Overall, successful the whole country, 66% of tenants chose residences up to 75 sq.m.

However, important differences are observed betwixt Athens and Thessaloniki, arsenic successful the erstwhile 53.7% rented an flat up to 75 sq.m., compared to 81% that was the corresponding percent successful Thessaloniki. This is explained by the information that successful Attica, 29% rented a spot up to 50 sq.m., while successful Thessaloniki, the corresponding percent was 63%.

In fact, successful some ample municipality centers, the percentages are rather precocious compared to the corresponding yearly survey by RE/MAX for leases that had been carried retired successful 2024. According to the company, successful Attica, 11.9% had chosen properties up to 50 sq.m. (and lone 26% up to 75 sq.m.), with the bulk preferring larger residences. For example, 28.4% had chosen houses of 76-100 sq.m. and a corresponding percent of adjacent larger properties of 101-150 sq.m. Accordingly, successful Thessaloniki, 32% had chosen residences up to 50 sq.m. and a total of 65% up to 75 sq.m.

This differentiation with 2025 demonstrates the alteration successful cognition of galore tenants, who are present moving to smaller units successful bid to bounds their lodging costs. In Attica, especially, there is not a ample fig of small apartments, which forces galore funny parties to determination to larger places, astatine a higher cost.

Overall, successful the whole country, too size, homes are preferred that are agleam and airy, adjacent to nationalist transport, person parking spaces, and marque it easier to accommodate pets.