Greek homebuyers are increasingly turning to smaller properties, as affordability pressures and changes in household structure reshape residential demand. According to a REMAX analysis, homes between 51 and 75 sqm were the most popular category in Greece in 2025, accounting for 26.4% of residential transactions.
Properties between 76 and 100 sqm followed with 25.9%, while homes of up to 50 sqm represented 19.2% of purchases. Overall, 45.6% of buyers chose homes no larger than 75 sqm.
Attica buyers also favor 51-75 sqm homes
Homes between 51 and 75 sqm accounted for 29% of purchases, followed by properties of 76-100 sqm with 26.3%. Homes between 101 and 150 sqm represented 20.7%, while properties up to 50 sqm accounted for 16.8%. The largest homes, above 151 sqm, represented only 7.2% of purchases in Attica and 7.7% nationwide.
Greece has 300,000 more households despite population decline
The shift toward smaller homes is also being supported by demographic changes. According to KEFiM, Greece’s population declined by around 5% between 2009 and 2025, from 11.1 million to 10.4 million.
Over the same period, however, the number of households increased by approximately 8%, from 4.2 million to 4.5 million. More than 300,000 new households were created between 2010 and 2025.
Single-person households have grown particularly strongly, increasing from 19.7% of all households in 2003 to 32.4% in 2024, according to Eurostat EU-SILC data.
Attica adds 127,300 households
The Bank of Greece reports a similar trend in Attica. Between 2011 and 2021, the region’s population declined by 0.4%, while the number of households increased by 8.4%, equivalent to 127,300 additional households. The number of single-person households in Attica increased by 36.9% over the same period.
Smaller Athens apartments record faster price growth
Higher demand is also feeding into prices. According to ReDataset data from Resolute-CEPAL, one-bedroom apartments of 25-40 sqm in central Athens increased in price by 4.2% in 2025.
Two-bedroom apartments rose by 3%, while larger homes increased by 2.7%. The overall increase for central Athens was 3.4%. Smaller apartments also commanded a higher average price of €1,876 per sqm, compared with an average of €1,810 per sqm across central Athens.
