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Housing & Development
105 articles17 guides · 78 explainers · 3 lists · 7 FAQsUpdated 12 Oct 2026
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Newest first- Explainer5 min
How the Czech land registry makes you an owner, and why it can take weeks
A signed contract does not make you the owner. The cadastral office decides, and its entry reaches back to the day your application arrived.
- Guide5 min
How to read a Czech ownership sheet (list vlastnictví) in five minutes
The owner box tells you who owns the flat. The boxes below it tell you whether they are free to sell. A guide to reading the sheet in the right order.
- Guide5 min
How to sell a flat in Prague: the process from valuation to closing
Selling is mostly paperwork on a timetable you do not control. Know the sequence and you can start the slow parts first.
- Guide6 min
How to value your Prague flat before selling
A flat is worth what a real buyer will pay, not what the neighbour got or the portal suggests. Four methods get you close, and each has a blind spot.
- Explainer6 min
Interest rates and the Czech property market: from ČNB decision to buyer
The repo rate is not your mortgage rate, and it does not hit every buyer at once. The chain from the central bank to a monthly payment, and where it slips.
- FAQ5 min
Is there a golden visa in Czechia? What investors can actually use
No flat, however expensive, buys a Czech residence permit. The one investor route that exists asks for a business, jobs and tens of millions of crowns.
- Explainer6 min
Lofts and conversions in Prague: buying a flat in a former factory
A brick shell with tall windows is not automatically a flat. Before the character, check the use class, the soil, the noise and what exactly the price includes.
- Explainer5 min
New developments in Prague: where the main projects are
Prague's new homes are not spread evenly. They cluster where old industry, rail land and river edges have been cleared for building.
- Explainer5 min
New-build or resale in Prague: how the two markets compare
A new flat comes with a warranty and a long wait. A resale flat comes with a view of the real building. Neither is cheaper by default.
- Explainer5 min
Notary, lawyer or escrow: who does what in a Czech property deal
A notary serves both sides, a lawyer serves one, and escrow is a job rather than a profession. Which of them you need, and which you can skip.
- Explainer5 min
One-bedroom flats in Prague: what a 2+kk costs to buy and why it varies
The 2+kk is the classic layout for a couple. Its price swings more with the street, the building and the charges than with the number of rooms.
- List6 min
OV, DV, po rekonstrukci: the Czech advert words that decide what you buy
'After reconstruction' can mean new plumbing or fresh paint, and DV is not ownership. A working glossary for reading Czech flat adverts without a translator.
- Explainer6 min
Owning a listed building in Czechia: what heritage law lets you change
Replace a window in a protected house and you may need an official opinion first. How monuments, reservations and zones work, and what they mean for owners.
- Explainer5 min
Panelák: the concrete blocks that house a large share of Czechs
Built fast in the communist decades and long scorned, the panel block is now a mainstream address. What they are, how they age and what to ask before buying.
- Explainer6 min
Parking spaces and cellars sold with Prague flats
A garage space can be a flat's twin or a mere right to use a patch of concrete. Which one you are buying decides the price, the mortgage and the resale.
- Explainer5 min
Prague new-build prices per square metre: what drives the premium
Two flats on the same street can differ sharply in price per square metre before either has a view. The gap comes from five costs and one habit of measurement.
- Explainer6 min
Prague office and retail property market: a primer
Offices and shops are priced and let on different terms from flats. The vocabulary, the submarkets and the numbers that show how a space is doing.
- Explainer6 min
Prague Old Town apartments: why they cost more and who buys them
Buyers pay for an address in a UNESCO-listed centre, then discover that the same listing status limits what they can alter, let out and insulate.
- Explainer6 min
Prague property prices: what would have to change for them to fall
Nobody can say when prices will fall, but the conditions are knowable. Six scenarios, the mechanism behind each and the public data that would warn you first.
- Explainer6 min
Prague real estate for sale: how the market is segmented
'Prague property' is four or five markets sharing a postcode system. Resale, new-build, cooperative and commercial follow different rules and buyers.
- Explainer6 min
Prague real estate news: what to read and how to interpret it
A property headline is usually one number from one source. A short list of official series and four questions will tell you whether a story matters.
- Explainer6 min
Prague, Brno or Plzeň: where a property budget goes furthest
Prague is not just dearer than Brno or Plzeň. It is a different bet on rent, resale and jobs, and the cheaper city is not always the better buy.
- Explainer6 min
Prague's 1999 spatial plan and the Metropolitan Plan meant to replace it
A capital that is both city and region plans growth on two levels. What the plan does, who shapes it, and why the Metropolitan Plan has taken so long.
- Explainer5 min
Property contracts in English: bilingual deals in Czechia
Nothing stops you signing a contract in English. The cadastre will still read the Czech one, and the clause saying which text wins is the line that matters.