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Real estate auction sales – everything you need to know

Are you thinking about buying a property through an auction, but you have a number of questions that you have not yet found answers to? Below we provide a detailed overview of the auction process, from registration to the purchase itself, with the aim of making your decision easier and bringing the entire process closer to you. How long does an auction last? The duration …

Understanding area coefficients in real estate – What do buyers in Croatia need to know?

When buying a property in Croatia, you will often come across terms such as net area, gross area and usable area coefficient. But what do these terms actually mean? How is the actual usable area of ​​an apartment or house calculated? This guide will help you understand how real estate areas are determined and what you should pay attention to when buying, especially when you …

Housing loans for foreigners in the Republic of Croatia and Croatians living abroad – everything you need to know!

We previously wrote a blog about how foreigners , or EU citizens, can get loans from Croatian banks. As our coast, and recently the interior, are increasingly popular destinations, this is becoming an even more interesting topic. However, we have also received many inquiries from those who are EU citizens residing in Croatia, as well as Croatians living in the European Union. How can they …

Analysis of real estate sales in Istria 2024

This blog brings an analysis of real estate sales in Istria during 2024, with a focus on the cities and municipalities in which Maris operates. The goal was to compare the number of properties sold with the number of currently advertised properties, in order to get a clearer picture of the average sales realization on the market. Areas we monitor The analysis includes the cities …

Is it worth investing in a rental house? Here's how you can calculate your return on investment (ROI) based on all costs!

Recently, it has become more than obvious that in a tourist country like Croatia, more and more people are looking at real estate as a way to earn extra money (but also as a hedge against inflation). In other words, the properties that are springing up along our coast are most often not designed as a family home, but as vacation homes to be rented …

Istrian villas with swimming pool - how much does this add-on mean when renting?

Do you have a villa in Istria that you would like to rent or are you looking for something for your vacation? One of the most common terms when searching for real estate for rent or sale is certainly "Istrian villas with swimming pool". Regardless of whether it is the coast of the peninsula or its interior, these exclusive properties are the sought-after destination of …

Stone houses in Istria - how tradition is still respected and appreciated

The tops of the Istrian hills and charming coastal settlements reveal wonderful witnesses of the past: picturesque stone houses, huddled together as if hugging each other. And that's exactly their history - these houses have been around for many centuries, and they still stand together and fill the lives of some new people, looking forward to some new destinies. Istrian stone houses are a perfect …

Marketing and the real estate market - the story of a wonderful symbiosis

Real estate agencies are, on the one hand, like any other business dealing with sales. Just as drugstores sell cosmetics, home improvement stores, fashion stores sell clothes and shoes, real estate agencies are tasked with selling houses, apartments and land. Of course, the sales system is somewhat different, but that does not mean that we have an easy task ahead of us. There are many …

How does a real estate agency reach the right buyers?

In the previous blog, we mentioned that we will deal with the topic from the title in more detail because it requires much more space than an excerpt of one blog, so here we are to fulfill the promise! ☺ We write about these topics because many real estate sellers persistently ask why they even need a real estate agency as an intermediary between them …

Real estate prices are falling in 2024 - truth or myth?

The new year is upon us, which means one thing for us in the world of real estate: questions about what real estate prices will be like in 2024. Will it crash and when? What will the prices of construction land be? Will it be profitable to build a house? And what about apartments? When we look at the multitude of articles on the Internet …