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The Athens Riviera emerges as an international real estate hotspot

The Athenian coastline - known as the Athens Riviera - is quickly emerging as a real estate hotspot, attracting both high end Greek and foreign investors, digital nomads, and tourists. A recent special report in Kathimerini has even called it the “El Dorado” of real estate as the area - despite having some of the most expensive real estate prices in Greece - remains an investment opportunity, especially when compared to other similar cities and coastlines across Europe. Nikos Roussanoglou, a journalist with over two decades of experience at Kathimerini covering the economy, with a focus that includes Greece's business environment, technology, and housing market, joins Thanos Davelis to look at this real estate boom in the Athens Riviera and break down what it means for the market, for the city, and for Greeks.

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