New projects
Bought off plan, paid in stages as it goes up. The lowest price you will ever get, and the longest wait. Two to three years.
Gate of Cyprus | Your Gateway to the Golden Island
From up here, it is just light on water.
Closer, it is 320 days of sun and a coast you can still afford.
Most people come for two weeks. Then they start looking at prices.
So we made it easy to say yes.
Gate of Cyprus
Your Gateway to the Golden Island
320 days of sun, one of the safest coasts in the Mediterranean, and a price that still makes sense.
8–12%
Gross rental yield reported across North Cyprus
Market range, 2025
320
Days of sun in an average year
Long term average
€1,800–2,500
What a couple spends per month, living well
Reported cost of living, 2025
The numbers are why people look. The island is why they stay.
Where
Girne. Lefkoşa. Gazimağusa. İskele. Lefke.
Five regions, and they are not interchangeable. Buying in the wrong one is the most expensive mistake we see.
Select a region to move the map
How
Three ways to buy, and they suit different people.
We hold all three. Which one is right depends on how long you can wait and how much risk you want to carry.
Completed projects
Finished, furnished, keys in hand. You pay more and you move in this month.
Private resale
One owner, one price, and room to negotiate. Older buildings, better plots, and the title is usually already clean.
For sale
A deed type on every card.
Sea views, beach walks and village gardens across the five regions. The title type is on every card as well, quietly, because it is worth knowing before you fall in love with something.
Pre-1974 Turkish titleResale
Simple to buy
Four steps, and your solicitor handles all of them.
Foreign buyers own here freehold, in their own name, exactly as a local does. You can be living in the property while the last of the paperwork finishes.
How it goes
01
Choose
We walk the property with you, or send a proper video tour if you are not on the island yet. We will tell you what we would not buy, too.
02
Reserve
A holding deposit takes it off the market, and your own independent solicitor starts the title search that same week.
03
Pay in stages
Payments follow the build and are held by your solicitor, released only once each stage is finished and inspected.
04
Keys, then the title
You take the keys and move in. The transfer into your name completes behind you, and most owners are already living there.
Three things worth knowing
Ownership
Freehold, in your own name
Not a lease and not a company structure. You can sell it, let it, or leave it to your children exactly as anyone else can.
Your side
Your own independent solicitor
Chosen by you, not by us. They hold the money, run the searches and release each stage. We are never in the middle of it.
Tax
No inheritance tax. No wealth tax.
And no tax on a foreign pension. Capital gains on a sale are low by European standards. Rental income is taxable, so declare it.
In writing
Every cost, before you commit
Budget roughly 8 to 12 percent on top of the price. You get the full breakdown for the specific property in writing, in advance.
What is on the other side
Hold the button. This is what opens up.
The gate in our name is not a metaphor about paperwork. It is about what is behind it. Four things keep people here once they arrive.
01
320 days of sun
Summers that run from May into November, and a January you can still sit outside in. The swimming season is seven months long.
02
A coast you can afford
Comparable seafront property costs a fraction of Spain, Portugal or the south of France. That gap has not closed yet.
03
You stop thinking about it
Among the safest places in the Mediterranean. People walk home at two in the morning and children walk to school on their own.
04
The tax position
No inheritance tax. No wealth tax. No tax on a foreign pension. Rental yields on the coast run in the 8 to 12 percent range.
That is the whole pitch. Sun, price, peace of mind, and a light tax bill.
Cyprus guide
The island, before the property.
Most people move here before they buy here, in their heads. These are the things they wanted to know first.
History and culture
Ten thousand years, four empires, and a castle above your street.
Read
Living costs and climate
What a week actually costs, and what 320 days of sun does to a year.
Read
Schools and universities
Where families put their children, from primary to a British curriculum sixth form.
Read
Arts, festivals and events
The calendar people move here for, one month at a time.
Full guide coming
Safety
Among the safest places in the Mediterranean, and here is what that means at 2am.
Read
Buying, tax and law
No inheritance tax. No wealth tax. No tax on a foreign pension. And the parts nobody advertises.
Full guide coming
Questions
The eight we are asked every week.
Can foreigners actually own property here?
Yes, freehold and in your own name, exactly as a local does. It is not a lease and not a company structure. You can sell it, let it or leave it to your children. Thousands of foreign owners from across Europe and the Middle East already live here.
How long does the whole thing take?
You can reserve a property in a day. On a completed home you can have the keys within weeks and move straight in. On a new project you pay in stages as it goes up. The title transfer completes behind you either way, and most owners are living in the place long before that last signature.
What is life actually like here?
Three hundred and twenty days of sun, a seven month swimming season, and a couple living well on roughly 1,800 to 2,500 euro a month. English is spoken almost everywhere. The island is small enough that nothing is more than a couple of hours away.
Is it safe?
It is among the safest places in the Mediterranean, and it is the thing visitors mention first when they come back. People walk home late without thinking about it, children walk to school alone, and thousands of holiday homes sit empty for eight months a year without incident.
What is there to do in the evening?
More than most people expect. Licensed casinos inside the five star hotels, beach clubs that run until sunrise in August, live music somewhere every night in season, and a festival calendar that puts concerts into a Roman theatre and a 13th century abbey.
Can I rent it out when I am not there?
Yes, and it is what a lot of owners do. Short term holiday letting on the coast reports gross yields around 8 to 12 percent with peak season occupancy near 68 percent. Near a university a long term student let is steadier and simpler. We can introduce you to management companies and take nothing for it.
What does it cost on top of the price?
Budget roughly 8 to 12 percent: stamp duty, VAT where it applies, the transfer fee, the purchase permit fee and your own solicitor. You get the full breakdown in writing for the specific property before you commit to anything.
What about schools for my children?
Private colleges follow the English national curriculum through IGCSE and A level, taught in English, at a fraction of UK fees. There are also bilingual schools and the International Baccalaureate. Around a hundred thousand university students study here, most of them in English.
Get in touch
Tell us what you are looking for.
One message. We reply with real listings that fit, or we tell you honestly that we do not have one.
Or just talk to a person.
No call centre and no chatbot. The same people who write these listings answer the messages.
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