CS Group Realty · Greece Relocation Masterclass 2026
Your expert guide to living, investing, and putting down roots in Greece
Everything a foreigner needs to relocate, rent, buy, or invest in Greece in 2026 - visas, tax, housing, healthcare, and daily life, in one practical document written from inside the country.
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The problem
Most people planning a move to Greece are swimming in bad information
Travel blogs from 2019. Expat forums full of contradictions. YouTube vlogs that stop before any paperwork begins. Sound familiar?
"I spent 3 months Googling visa info and still wasn't sure which route applied to me."
"Nobody told me about the heating situation until I'd already signed a lease for a flat without a central boiler."
"I didn't know there were special tax regimes until a year after I moved and missed the window."
"Ended up in the 'wrong' neighbourhood and spent a year wanting to move."
"Opened the wrong bank account and couldn't get my AFM sorted for weeks."
"Got hit with hidden costs on the property purchase nobody had mentioned."
What's inside
10 sections. Nothing skipped.
From "is Greece actually right for me" to long-term residency and citizenship. Every stage is covered with real detail.
Is Greece right for you?
Lifestyle realities, regional comparisons, cost benchmarks, who thrives vs. who leaves
Legal & immigration
All 9 pathways: Digital Nomad, FIP, Golden Visa, EU citizen, entrepreneur and more
Money & finances
Banking, tax residency, Article 5A/5B/5C regimes, budget profiles from lean to comfortable
Finding housing
Scams, contracts, hidden problems, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood breakdowns
Healthcare
Public ESY vs private, insurance pricing tables, English-speaking doctors, dental costs
Daily life
Groceries, transport, mobile/internet, shopping, bureaucracy as a habit
Language & integration
How much Greek you actually need, B1 exam path, social integration tactics, cultural realities
Work & business
Remote work realities, freelance setup, KAD codes, EFKA, myDATA, Article 5C playbook
Long-term residency & citizenship
Permanent residency, three citizenship routes, B1 language requirement, timelines
Things nobody tells you
Bureaucracy burnout, the two-year rule, expat traps, month-8 emotional dip, underrated secrets
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Sample content
This is what the guide actually reads like
From Section 3: Tax regimes
"Article 5C is one of the most aggressive freelance tax incentives in Europe. A flat 50% income tax exemption for the first 7 years. It is not a loophole. It is explicit Greek law. And almost nobody who should be using it is actually using it."
From Section 4: Housing
"Greece has no central heating culture in the way Northern Europe does. Many Athens and Thessaloniki flats were built in the 1960s to 80s with thin walls, no roof insulation, and single-glazed windows. Ask to see the heating setup before you sign anything."
From Section 10: Things nobody tells you
"Month 8 is when a lot of people quietly start wondering if they made a mistake. The novelty has faded. The bureaucracy is real. Your social circle is still thin. This is normal. It passes. But you need to know it's coming."
Who wrote this
Written from inside Greece, not a travel blog
CS Group Realty is a buyer's agency based in Thessaloniki and working across all of Greece. We work exclusively with foreign buyers, renters, and investors making Greece their long-term base. We help them navigate the process, find the right property, and avoid the mistakes that cost real money.
This guide is what we wish every client had read before they called us. It is built from real conversations, real transactions, and the kind of ground-level knowledge you only get from living and working in the market.
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- Complete 10-section relocation guide
- Complete relocation checklist by phase
- 90-day action plan
- First-week survival checklist
- Documents master list by category
- 2026 updated visa rules, tax bands & Golden Visa thresholds
- Neighbourhood breakdowns: Athens + Thessaloniki
- Free 30-minute property strategy call (€200 value).
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Common questions
Anyone planning a long-term move to Greece: remote workers, retirees, renters, buyers, investors, or anyone moving for lifestyle reasons. It is written in English and tailored to non-Greeks making the move for the first time.
Yes. Visa requirements, tax bands, Golden Visa thresholds, minimum wage figures, and cost-of-living benchmarks are all updated for 2026. Greek bureaucracy does change, so we note where rules are subject to annual updates.
No. The guide covers Greece broadly but goes deep on both Thessaloniki and Athens with neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood breakdowns. It also covers Crete, the islands, and mainland cities.
A downloadable PDF, formatted for easy reading on screen or printing. You can keep it, share it with a partner, and refer back to specific sections when needed.
A 30-minute call with the CS Group Realty team, focused on your specific situation. Whether you have questions about the Golden Visa, finding a property in Thessaloniki, or how to approach buying or renting as a foreigner. It is a real conversation, not a sales pitch.
It is a real product that took serious time to build. The strategy call is included because people who have read the guide tend to have much more focused conversations. We are a buyer's agency, so if it leads to working together, great. But the guide stands alone.
Stop researching.
Start moving.
Whether you are relocating, renting, buying, or investing - the guide is the foundation. Everything you need, in one document.
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