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Housing & Development
105 articles17 guides · 78 explainers · 3 lists · 7 FAQsUpdated 12 Oct 2026
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Newest first- Explainer6 min
Quorum, votes and proxies: how Czech flat owners actually decide
A bigger flat carries a bigger vote, and a meeting can fail for want of a quorum. How decisions are made, and defeated, in an owners' association.
- Guide6 min
Reading a Czech real estate market report: the numbers that matter
A quarterly property report can say prices rose 5% and still leave you unsure what happened. Eight checks tell you what the figure measures and what it hides.
- Guide5 min
Real estate agencies in Prague: how they work and how to choose one
Anyone can print a card that says 'consultant'. A useful agency shows itself in the contract, the register and the track record.
- Guide6 min
Renovating a Czech flat: what needs a permit, a notice or just neighbours
A new kitchen needs no paperwork, but moving a wall might need a permit and a gas hob needs a licensed fitter. Permits, the SVJ, the order of work.
- Explainer6 min
Renovating a panel block: the sequence of works, the vote and who pays
Insulation and windows are the visible part. Behind them sit an energy audit, an owners' vote, a loan and a fight over the lift. How a panelák is updated.
- Explainer5 min
Renting in Czechia versus England: deposits, notice and who pays what
A British tenant moving to Prague meets a larger deposit cap, no deposit scheme, a different notice rule and no council tax. The differences, side by side.
- Explainer5 min
Sell or rent out your Prague flat: how to compare the two honestly
The sale price and the rent are different kinds of number. A fair comparison sets proceeds, income, costs and tax side by side.
- FAQ5 min
Selling a flat in Prague as a non-resident
Living abroad does not stop you selling in Prague. It changes who signs for you, how the tax is filed and how the money leaves the country.
- FAQ6 min
Selling a flat in Prague: how long it takes and what slows a sale
The offer is rarely the slow part. Most of the delay sits between a signed reservation and the day the cadastre confirms the buyer, and much of it is avoidable.
- Explainer5 min
Selling a flat with a mortgage in Czechia
The bank holds a lien on your flat until it is paid. The sale works by paying the bank first, from the buyer's money, and clearing the lien in the register.
- Explainer5 min
Selling an inherited flat in Czechia: estate proceedings, title and tax
An heir cannot sell until the estate proceedings end, and the tax position turns on dates. Check both before you set a price.
- Explainer6 min
State support for first-time buyers in Czechia: what exists, what does not
Czechia has no first-home grant. The help is indirect: a lending rule, a tax deduction, a savings bonus and, for low incomes, a benefit.
- Explainer5 min
Studio apartments in Prague: prices, sizes and who buys them
A Czech 1+kk is a studio with a door. Wide appeal among first-time buyers and small landlords is what shapes the price, and the label hides a lot of variation.
- Explainer5 min
The 4% Czech property tax that no longer exists, and what to check instead
Buyers once paid four per cent of the price. Abolished in 2020, it still haunts old articles and broker brochures. What changed, and what can still be taxed.
- Guide6 min
The annual cost of owning a Prague flat, line by line
The price on the contract is the first bill, not the last. Building payments, property tax, insurance and repairs: what a Prague owner pays and who sets it.
- Explainer5 min
The Czech Cadastre: the free register that tells you who really owns a flat
Anyone can check an owner, a mortgage or a restriction in minutes and for free. Here is what the register records, what it cannot show, and how to search it.
- Explainer5 min
The Czech flat purchase contract: the clauses that decide the deal
The same document is a deal for you and legal title for the land registry. A clause that works between the parties can still make the registry say no.
- Explainer6 min
The Czech residential market by region: why prices differ outside Prague
Prague sets the national headline, but a flat's price depends on the local job market, the commute and the second-home appeal. How the regions differ, and why.
- Explainer5 min
The PENB: why a Czech energy certificate describes a model, not your bills
Sell or let a flat and the law asks for a certificate with a letter from A to G. What it measures, who issues it, and why it cannot predict your heating bill.
- Guide6 min
The real cost of buying a flat in Prague beyond the asking price
There is no purchase tax to pay, which surprises many buyers. The extras still add up, and most of them arrive before you have the keys.
- Explainer5 min
The register that decides who owns a Czech home: housing, explained
Ownership passes by registration in the cadastre, not at the key handover. Four kinds of tenure, one Civil Code and rents set by the market.
- Explainer6 min
The SVJ: the small legal body that runs every Czech flat block
Buy a flat in a Czech block and you join a legal entity you did not choose. How the owners' association is built, who sits on it and what it can demand of you.
- List5 min
Twenty minutes of paper that can save a flat purchase: Czech legal checks
Most of what goes wrong with a Czech flat shows up in a handful of documents before any money moves. Here is the checklist, and the order to run it in.
- Explainer5 min
Two-bedroom apartments in Prague: what a 3+kk costs to buy and where
A family flat in Prague is a three-way trade between space, the school place and the commute. Prices follow that trade more than the layout label.