Cyprus Ministry of Interior auction notices

The Cyprus Ministry of Interior publishes the island's official auction notices for immovable property. It is a register rather than a bidding platform: the notices tell you what is being sold, by whom and when, and the sale itself is conducted by the party named in the notice. Two separate streams run side by side, and they are governed by different rules.

What you can buy

• Mortgaged property sold by the lender: auctions conducted by a mortgage creditor under the Transfer and Mortgage of Immovable Property Law (9/65), as amended in 2014 — the route Cypriot banks use to realise secured debt.
• Land Registry auctions: sales carried out by the Department of Lands and Surveys, governed by the Sale Procedural Regulation of 2025.
• Property types: houses and apartments, commercial premises and land, depending entirely on what is currently in enforcement.

How the bidding works

You do not bid on this site. The Ministry publishes the notice; the auction is run by the mortgage creditor or by the Department of Lands and Surveys, and each notice states the date, the venue and the conditions. The site is available in Greek and English, with the legal framework — the specific law and article that authorises the sale — cited on the page so you can check which regime a particular auction falls under.

What to check before you bid

The two streams are not interchangeable. A creditor-run auction under article 44Z of Law 9/65 follows the lender's statutory procedure; a Land Registry sale follows the 2025 regulation. Deposits, reserve prices and what happens if a sale fails differ accordingly, so identify which one you are dealing with before committing. Cypriot property carries its own title and encumbrance questions, and the notice is a summary — the underlying title documents are what matter. Independent legal advice before bidding on Cypriot real estate is the norm, not a precaution.