Notes from the island
Market reads, buyer's guides and slow days on the coast — written on the ground in Northern Cyprus.
Inside a cliffside villa above Kyrenia
How one architect framed the whole Mediterranean from a quiet dead-end ridge road — and why the street stays so closely guarded.
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How Northern Cyprus became a buyer's market
New supply, patient developers and a wave of long-term buyers have quietly tilted the island's coast in the purchaser's favour. We read the numbers behind it.
Five seafront neighbourhoods to watch in 2026
From the marina lights of Kyrenia to the long empty beaches of the Karpaz, a short field guide to the stretches of coast our brokers are quietly buying into.
A guide to buying property as a foreigner
Reservation, permit, title, keys — the four stages of a Northern Cyprus purchase, and the questions worth asking a lawyer at each one.
Off-plan or completed: which suits you?
One buys a discount and a wait, the other certainty and a premium. A clear-eyed look at the trade the northern coast keeps asking you to make.
What a seafront apartment really earns
Gross yield is the headline; net is the truth. We walk through the real running costs of a short-let apartment on Long Beach — and what lands in your account.
Designing for the Mediterranean light
Deep eaves, thick walls, small windows to the south and vast ones to the sea — the old island logic our best architects are quietly bringing back.
A slow day in Kyrenia harbour
Coffee under the castle, a long lunch by the water, the evening light on the old stone. A walk through the town our clients keep coming back to.