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Property Due Diligence in Cyprus: Independent Checks Before You Sign
The agent, the seller and the developer all want the sale to go through. Due diligence is the set of checks, run by people who work for you, that tells you whether it should. We introduce UK buyers to independent lawyers and surveyors in Paphos who check title, mortgages, permits and the building itself before you commit.
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In the UK, your solicitor and your lender's surveyor catch most of this before exchange. In Cyprus there is no exchange. Once you sign, you are committed, so the checks have to come first.
Sources checked for this page
- 1.GOV.UK — How to buy property in Cyprus (British High Commission guidance)Government
- 2.Department of Lands and Surveys — The importance of depositing the sale contract (leaflet)Government
- 3.M.P. Kitromilidou & Co — Law 132(I)/2023: search certificate and sale contract deposit changesProfessional
- 4.Ministry of Interior — Purchasing property (non-EU buyers, form COMM 145)Government
- 5.gov.cy — Calculation of real estate transfer fees (VAT exemption and 50% reduction)Government
- 6.INDEX.cy — Cost of buying property in Cyprus: 2026 fees guide (legal fees, agent commission)Professional
- 7.Your Overseas Home — Cyprus property buying costs (updated May 2026)Professional
- 8.Cyprus Property Guides — Tips for hiring a surveyor in CyprusProfessional
- 9.Cyprus Bar Association — register of advocates and practising licencesGovernment
Written by
Jason
Founder, Paphos Advisor
British founder who moved his family from the UK to Paphos in 2025. I write down what I learned doing it properly — the tax, the residency and the living-here detail — and introduce people to the specialists I’d use myself.
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