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The Property Seller’s Tool Kit
for Residential Real Estate
in Istanbul and Coastal Regions of Turkey
A Faster, Smarter, Better Way to Sell
Sell Like a Local…!
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Who is Your Buyer...? A non-Turkish seller of property in Turkiye needs to find Turkish buyers.... because non-Turkish citizenship and residency buyers are restricted from purchasing a property owned by a non-Turkish seller. In addition, a seller of a property in Turkey needs to know if their property has full permits, because if it doesn’t, it can not be purchased by a non-Turkish buyer. These scenarios cover most property purchases by foreigners in Turkiye over the previous several years, but regulations have now changed. So in these circumstances only Turkish buyers may be eligible for a purchase… and prices of property transactions with Turkish buyers are typically at a lower price tier than purchases by foreign buyers… read more here….
How to...
...do everything related to residential real estate property transactions in Turkiye... buy, sell, rent, mortgage, insure...more than 100 webpages, the largest, most accurate, and informative knowledge resource anywhere, is at MyTapu.com... 'When MyTapu speaks, Investors Listen...'.
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Transaction Services for Residential Real Estate in Turkiye
Transaction Solutions Prevent Problems and Prevent Losses
How does use of Professional Transaction Services solve problems always faced by non-Turkish property buyers and sellers ?
The solution can be summarized briefly with the following check-list of key points to be applied (for additional details click here):
- Choices:
- Persistence:
- Sourcing & Portals:
- Citizenship Investors (CIP/SBI)- special, specific tactics required.
- Preparations:
- Document Proofs:
- Timing Allowances:
- Price Checks:
- Procedures:
- Practices:
- Principles;
- Policies:
Of course, there are a variety of special tactics also applied to deal with agents' tricks, and these are available in consultations with our specialists, and obviously not published for agents to see on this website, so you may like to read more, in detail, about how and why transaction services work, here….
Learn more about the Transaction Services available for buyers and sellers-contact info@MyTapu.com about ‘Transaction Services'... click here.
MyTapu Associates are the leading experts in transaction services for residential real estate in Turkiye. Between 2007 and 2013 our specialists have guided, advised and managed more than 3,000 property purchase & sale transactions in Istanbul and coastal regions of Turkiye, and thousands more since then, into today. See what investor clients say about us here.
The Key to Successful Investment
Presuming knowledge and experience gained from other countries is applicable in Turkiye - is the single largest cause for investment failure. Differences in law, land registry practices, tax, accounting, banking, cultural and especially local business practices, do impact investment results. The key is to prevent years of troubles, before buying .or selling.. All successful investors apply a fundamental discipline that is The Key ingredient of success...
What Investors Say About Us
Ownership of residential property in Turkey by International Investors has been permitted beginning in 2003. Since that time My Tapu Associates have served more than three thousand investors with the advice needed to avoid typical dangers and make their investment a success... See what insights Investors share about buying and selling property in Turkiye, and the value of our Independent Professional Advisory Services (not real estate commission services) here.
Conveyance & Completion Remotely...
- Online (remotely) or In-Person; Automated or Manual
- Independent Legal Advice
- Payment Protection Techniques
- Procedures, Documents, Registrations & Verification
- Standard On-Line Banking Channels
- Payments via Turkeys 'e-gov' Settlements Bank
With our guidance and instructions specifying the key procedures to be followed & documents required, all can be done in your home country, without traveling to Turkey. Contact us today at info@mytapu.com: add your Telegram or WhatsApp or Viber number to request a call back.
Legal Checks on a Property, Ownership, Permits, etc: Due Diligence
Legal Issues for Property Purchases & Sales: Transaction Management
Completion for a Property Purchase or Sale: Conveyancing
How to Avoid the Penalty and Interest on Unpaid Property Transfer Tax
How to Avoid the Penalty and Interest on unpaid tax liabilities related to understating property transaction values? Explanations and solutions are here...
- Directory of Articles (by Categories)
- Buying Property in Turkiye (20 articles )
- Selling Property in Turkey ( 11 articles)
- Property Valuations & Appraisal Reports (3 articles)
- Legal Help, Due Diligence, Conveyance (7 articles)
- Tapu Issues (7articles)
- Independent Professional Advice (6 articles )
- Citizenship Investment in Turkiye (4 articles)
- Reviews about MyTapu Associates (2 articles)
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Our Services...
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Mytapu.com provides services to non-Turkish buyers and sellers of Turkish real estate, which enable these sellers and buyers to enjoy the same benefits that local Turkish people have when buying and selling property, including the streamlined transaction process through on-line internet-based real estate platforms and portals.
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On-Line Property Platforms
On-Line Property Platforms
In this on-line market, mytapu.com provides the 'widest market ' access for non-Turkish sellers the opportunity to offer their properties to local Turkish buyers, and provides non-Turkish buyers the opportunity to find properties offered by local Turkish sellers.
Mytapu.com is a resource of experts for buyers and sellers, to cost effectively facilitate their transactions with one another, supported by advanced digital marketing, open bidding pricing, and a full range of real estate transaction management services. It is the first and only English speaking transaction management platform in the Turkish real estate sector.
Selling property in Turkey is done on portals. These are not agents' websites. These are large on-line market places with hundreds of thousands of properties, very good search engines to help buyers find what they want, and direct messaging systems that enable direct communication between buyers and seller. MyTapu can show you how, or do the work for you- learn more today by emailing us at info@mytapu.com.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)....
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A tapu is a certificate showing registered cadastral, planning, and ownership details of a property recorded by a Land Registry in Turkey. The name of the owner(s) of a property are recorded on the tapu, and for this reason it commonly serves as proof of registered ownership of a property. Ownership of property in Turkey is recorded in the registrar's books at the Land Registry. A tapu is not a deed, nor is it a title deed- a tapu is a Land Registry certificate. The name(s) of the registered owner(s) of a property changes at the time of a sale, and a new tapu may be issued showing the name(s) of the new registered owner(s).
Setting the sales offering price displayed on general portals is the choice of the seller. Your Account Manager will help and advise what factors to consider. For example, the sales listing prices of nearest similar properties to your own provides an approximate value, or a supply & demand analysis provides a more specific price to determine the price necessary to be the next in line to be sold - this Market Intelligence Report can prevent underselling by thousands (as agents prefer) and save months/years of waiting and inactivity. Regrettably, Appraisal Reports [Eksper Rapor] no longer provide reliable, authentic recent sales prices of similar size, location, and construction-type properties during the last 90 days, and serve no purpose for market price determination..
There are specialist portals that provide various types of auctioning services and these often require a seller to state a Minimum Sales Price, which is not revealed to the buyers. If bids are received below your targeted sales price, the buyer may be informed that the bid price submitted is insufficient, but not reveal your 'Minimum Sales Price'. This is helpful if you may already have a buyer from elsewhere, and want to test the market to see if you can achieve a higher price.
Yes you may withdraw your property any time. On auction portals, 15 days written notice is required, subject to terms and conditions.
Yes, On auction portals, you can set a sales price but not disclose it, and bidders below this price will be informed their bid is not high enough. This is a useful tool for selling your property in Turkey.
Selling for the Highest Price
On auction portals, The properties are sold by a "Competitive Bidding Process", which brings buyers to a single location, allowing them to bid the price up, competing with one another.
Why should I use mytapu.com?
Wider Market Reach- access to a much larger share of the buyers and sellers than conventional real estate agencies. For several years now, the vast majority of all real estate transactions in Turkey, more than 95%, have been originated via on-line internet platforms and portals. MyTapu.com provides non-Turkish sellers the opportunity to offer their properties to local Turkish buyers, and provides non-Turkish buyers the opportunity to find properties offered by local Turkish sellers.
Faster Results- finding a buyer or finding a property to purchase is much faster because all the buyers and sellers are online and can be accessed easily and conveniently with modern digital marketing technology.
Smoother Business Process- all ancillary services need to purchase or for selling a property in Turkey are handled by our legal and accounting departments' and streamlined systems with extensive expertise managing transactions for more than 5,000 non-Turkish based persons for more than 15 tears
Less Risk via Better Transparency- Using Appraisal Reports means no hassles dealing with agents using peculiar business processes to obtain deposits or protect their commissions, or sellers that will not reveal their property’s permit status’, or developers that may have bank charges secured on the property they are selling .
To begin the process of obtaining a mortgage for the purchase of a property in Turkey, please obtain the services from our Mortgage page here .
Yes our attorneys and mortgage banking experts will deal with all requirements on your behalf, upon your instructions. purchase or sale transaction. purchase or sale transaction.
A Specialist at MyTapu Associates will advise on the best choice of Valuation Report or Appraisal Report, and can also instruct it, and manage the procedure if requested. The seller will be required to identify a key holder for their property to enable the Appraisal Expert to conduct the survey.
An Appraisal Report (Expert Report) provides detailed information about a property, obtained by Appraisal Expert, trained under Turkish Capital Markets regulations, and licensed by the Turkish Capital Markets Regulatory Authority. For this reason the reports are referred to as Expert Reports in Turkey- 'Eksper Rapor' in Turkish. The content of the reports cover cadastral issues about a property – these are the issues concerning zoning and planning permits, construction and building utilisation licenses, for residential habitation. In addition appraisal reports provide other essential information about charges and mortgages secured on a property, and about the location, size, age and construction, and includes interior, exterior, and aerial photographs and map references. In addition, an appraisal report provides indication of market value, the standard practice is to compare recent sales prices (in the preceding 90 days) of properties of similar size, location, construction, etc. Unfortunately. the practice of obtaining comparable saales prices is no longer applied, instead using average prices, so the pricing information is inaccurate, and serves little purpose. Appraisal Eksper Reports are not recommended for valuations.
Appraisal Report – why is it necessary?
An appraisal report (Eksper Rapor) serves to ensure the transaction process is faster, and more secure, because it provides the buyer and seller with clear and comprehensive information about the property's permits, planning, zoning, from an independent, licensed expert..
Yes, all meetings are scheduled one week in advance at our offices in Ortaca, near Dalaman. alternatively you may schedule a meeting with our personnel in Istanbul. Generally, 95% of all business transacted over the preceding 15 years has been successfully concluded via email and telephone. The attorney managing your conveyancing is likely to require a meeting in person, as are banks involved with mortgage financing, buying, but not selling.
On auction portals, Buyers will provide a Payment Authorisation- prior to bidding, buyers are required to deposit a bid bond (amount subject to change) to guarantee their performance in closing a transaction which they intend to bid upon.
Sellers will provide the contact details of a local key holder for your property so that the Appraisal Expert can survey your property.
Sellers and Buyers will provide authorisations to our attorneys to complete all necessary actions required for the initialisation, completion and settlement of the purchase or sale transaction. These include the standard authorisations non-Turkish buyers grant to solicitors in Turkey for the same purposes, and enable our attorneys to act upon your instructions. For more information about our Legal Services, please clickhere.
A tapu is a certificate from a Land Registry in Turkey that provides ownership and cadastral information about real estate.
Every property owner in Turkey has one – and that’s why we call our business ‘ my tapu‘…mytapu.com.
