Under the provisions of Law 5197/2025 and the new legislative initiative of the Ministry of Justice (Special Secretariat for Alternative Dispute Resolution), the scope of land registry mediation is being expanded. The regulation enables citizens to correct, out of court, land registry entries for properties designated as “owner unknown” in cases where ownership rights are asserted on the basis of acquisitive prescription. According to official data, in 72% of the land registr

The institution of building factor transfer (M.S.D.) is undoubtedly the most troubled institution of Urban Planning Law in our country, since for four decades its operation has not even been achieved despite the occasional attempts of the legislator that have remained ineffective to date. It is recalled first of all that the M.S.D. constitutes a type of compensation for owners, whose properties are affected by environmental regulations (e.g. listed properties) or urban planni

An unprecedented deadlock in areas outside the urban plan has been caused by the strict case law of the Council of State (CoS). The result? A blanket “freeze” on the issuance of building permits even for plots larger than 4 stremmata, putting real estate transactions and investment plans across the country on hold. To address the problem, a parliamentary question was submitted to the Hellenic Parliament to the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MoEE) by Manos Konsolas, Memb