Surveying

A Seljuk-era bath dating back 700 years in the ancient city of Stratonikeia has been restored to its original state after surveying and conservation works. 

For several months now, work has been done to make sure "the issue would no longer be such a cancerous problem for our citizens and the economy," Brnabic said, according to the government.

Facing a Thursday deadline to submit their recommendations for new real estate zone rates, surveyors warn that the so-called "objective values" may not be reliable, given the short period of time allocated to the task and the small volume of data from a shortage of transactions.

The process for adjusting objective values (property rates used for tax purposes) is fast turning into a fiasco, as it appears unlikely the project can be completed in time, while the Finance Ministry doesn't seem to have an alternative plan either.

An amendment tabled by the Environment Ministry last week seeks a three-month extension to the deadline by which the state can take action against anyone it considers to be encroaching on its land, as part of efforts to complete Greece's land register.

The adjustment of the "objective values" (property rates used for tax purposes) is evolving into a fiasco: Not only is the time remaining for the credible completion of the project running out fast, but several areas in Greece won't get any proposals from the property surveyors who have undertaken to determine the new zone prices around the country.

The Environment Ministry included a clause in the multi-bill tabled in Parliament on Tuesday for the creation of a new public entity named "Hellenic Cadaster" (instead of the original proposal, "National Cadaster Corporation") at a time when construction activity in Greece mostly comprises fencing around plots rather than any actual building.

Chartered surveyors are undertaking the difficult task of adjusting the property rates used for taxation purposes (known as "objective values") for 2018.

The Republic of Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia will exchange cartographic, geodetic data and cadastral materials. This includes the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Bulgarian Agency for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre and the Real Estate Cadastre Agency of the Republic of Macedonia, which was signed today between the two agencies, reports novini. 

Greece may still not have a proper land register, but it is about to obtain a new and oversized public corporation to fulfill that role: the Hellenic Cadaster (OEKT), a body designed to replace the existing National Cadaster and Mapping Agency SA (EKXA, or simply Ktimatologio).