Put Yourself in the Buyer’s Shoes — At Least for Five Minutes Imagine you are Hans from Munich. For years, you have been saving to buy property by the sea. Finally, you have the budget, a free week, and the motivation to start your search. You sit down at your computer and begin browsing listings for property for sale in Istria. The first listing - …
Author: Aljoša Vučetić, Maris Real Estate | Date: January 2026 | Reading time: 8 minutes Let’s be honest - numbers don’t lie. Official data from the Croatian Tax Administration have confirmed what many professionals in the field have been sensing for quite some time: the real estate market in Istrian County experienced a dramatic 34% decline between 2023 and 2025. If you are a property …
The Croatian property market, and especially Istria, is reaching a major turning point. After several years of seemingly unstoppable price growth, real estate in 2026 is entering a new era — one defined by more selective buyers and an adjustment to new economic realities. In other words, the days of selling anything with a roof and four walls, regardless of price or quality, are over. …
If you’re a foreign buyer thinking about purchasing real estate in Croatia, your journey usually begins the same way: typing “property in Croatia” into Google. A few seconds later, you’re hit with thousands of listings, glossy photos, and an overwhelming flood of information spread across countless portals and agency websites. From our long-standing experience at Maris Real Estate, we know just how easy it is …
Pula might look like a quiet coastal town, but it welcomed almost 260,000 tourists and over 1,085,000 overnight stays in just seven months of 2025, which says a lot about how attractive its landmarks really are. In this guide we walk you through the most important Pula attractions, from Roman times to Austro-Hungarian villas, Italian architecture, Brijuni National Park and how all of this shapes …
The Croatian real estate market is appealing and can present a superb investment, but to the outside world, it looks like a complex puzzle: prices are rising, regulations are specific, and buyer expectations are higher than ever, especially among investors from outside the EU. This whirlwind of information – which differs immensely from non-EU countries – can feel overwhelming, so let us simplify it. At …
Buying land and planning to build a house or building is a big step in life. To make that dream a reality, you need to go through a complex bureaucratic process, and one of the most important stages of that process is obtaining a building permit. A building permit is a key document that legalizes your project, which means that work can only begin after …
We always emphasize that honesty and integrity are our main characteristics. That's why we will say it openly: we are aware that the perception of real estate agencies, especially in a desirable region like Istria, is often negative and that some clients try to bypass us. Many do not know exactly what we do, and we are here for a reason. If our services did …
The real estate market in Istria in 2025 is entering a period of change – apartment prices in Pula have reached new levels, while sales trends in southern Istria show clear signs of slowing down. The real estate market analysis reveals that from the sales peak in the second half of 2024, with as many as 955 transactions, by the beginning of 2025 the number …
Investing in real estate in Croatia, especially those intended for tourist rental, brings with it numerous opportunities. However, every coin has two sides, so with this article we would like to draw your attention to the other side – additional financial obligations on your part. One of the key such obligations, which came into force on January 1, 2025, is the annual Real Estate Tax. …
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