We have bought off plan and have not had hassle. I think its like everything, it depends on the developers, you get the good and the bad. I don't know about Kariyannis, but they are quite high-profile in the Paralimni area with adverts everywhere.

The title deeds issue is Cyprus-wide, not just Paralimni. Its mostly because they have comparatively recently started to register land and the process has turned out to be more complicated and time consuming than expected. As a result it takes years to get title deeds. We haven't got ours yet and our property was built three years ago. But we are not worried as we knew this would be the case and our solicitor has copies of all the permissions that were required.

The resale market is very slow here. It is difficult to sell resale properties as the resale market is not developed like in the UK and people like to buy new properties. Besides, the estate agents encourage people to buy new as the developers often offer discounts.