Real estate property transactions jumped 42 pct in 2018, totaling 26,700 compared with 18,800 in the previous year, offering strong signs of a revival in the domestic real estate market, the Independent Authority for Public Revenues (AADE) said in a report, according to ANA.
AADE said tax collection from real estate transactions grew 41 pct in 2018, totaling 232.25 million euros, from 164.62 million in 2017.
The Attica region led the field in terms of the number of transactions, with a 67.5 pct rise compared to 2017 to reach 14,291 in total, of which 5,806 in Athens and 4,700 were transactions involving apartments and single houses. Thessaloniki ranked second, with a total of 3,089 transactions in 2018, up 30 pct from the previous year.
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