The Property Seller’s Tool Kit
for Residential Real Estate
in Istanbul and Coastal Regions of Turkey
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…!
Customer Reference Testimonial
Customer Reference Testimonial
'I would like to also thank you for your help and professionalism in completing this transaction during a difficult time for both our countries. I will certainly recommend mytapu to anyone I meet looking for conveyancing help.' KG Kas & Swindon KG has had a villa in this coastal region for many years and when selling, preferred to do so remotely, without travelling to Turkiye, and so required a complete service bundle to complete the transaction securely.
On This Page, Below:
- The Local Real Estate Market in Turkey is Digital
- About this Website...
- How to Sell Property in Turkey...
- The most important ‘keys’ to your sale...
- Property Prices in Turkey: Where to Now…?
- Why are Turkish Property Buyers All on the Portals and not Agents' Websites...?
- Sell Your Property without Traveling to Turkey...
- The Sellers' Tool-Kit for Residential Property in Turkey...
- Procedures for Selling Property at Auction in Turkiye...
On Other Pages, via Links Below - please click on images...
Articles about Selling property in Turkey
Advice, Guidance, Assistance and Support: Transaction Services are available from the experts at MyTapu Associates by sending a request to email info@mytapu.com.
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... All successful investors apply a fundamental discipline that is The Key ingredient of success...
What Investors Say About Us
Investment in residential property in Turkey by International Buyers has been permitted beginning in 2007. 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.
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….
The Local Real Estate Market is Digital
Turks are using digital portals for finding property for the last ten years, so why use an agent, when there is a better and smarter way...? Welcome to the digital age...!
Yes, more than 95% of property sales in Turkiye originate from on-line portals, not from agents' storefront windows. When a seller lists their property with the agent, that agent simply lists it on-line at a selection of the 5 portals where the buyers go to find property. The days of waiting for buyers to walk past an agent's window are past- for more than 10 years now ! A seller paying an agent 2% or 3% to find a buyer can save themselves thousands in agents' commissions simply by listing their property on the portal(s) themselves....! And in the process, avoid the agents usual practice of selling for much more than the list price agreed with the seller- a practice known as the 'hidden profit mark-up'.... an additional profit the agent puts in his/her pocket, and the seller never hears about, sees or receives ('HIDDEN') ... !!!
This works well for agents when they completely control communication flow between buyer and seller – the solution is to take agents out of that middleman role. Using the portals achieves this when the seller them-self lists their property directly on the portal, because the buyer communicates directly with the seller via the portals’ online private messaging systems. The messaging system is the key difference – agents’ websites don’t have messaging systems allowing buyers to communicate directly with the seller, which allow agents to practice their ‘hidden profits’ piracy.
Take control of this process away from the agent and pay yourself a sizeable reward by receiving the true and full sales price of your property.
If a seller needs support and guidance for listing their property on a portal, a complete ' How to Do-It-Yourself' support service is available from MyTapu... alternatively, MyTapu provides a Managed service to do it for the seller.
MyTapu works extensively for international buyers and renters of Turkish property. This work includes sourcing, searching, finding, selecting, and transaction management for the properties, In this work we have extensive experience dealing with agents, and we know exactly what agents actually do, compared with what they promise. Agents are very very ;lax in responding to enquiries, providing information, and often are un-helpful and even obstructive unless they see an opportunity to sell a property and pocket a 'hidden price mark-up'. These are just a few of the reasons local Turks always use on-line portals to sell, which enable direct communication between buyer and seller.
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....
To find out details, please email info@MyTapu.com with the subject line 'How to Do-It-Yourself Selling on Portals'. Read more about selling property in Turkiye here...
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About this Website...
Welcome to the on-line information guide for foreign real estate investors in Turkey, a 'live' knowledge bank' with news & analysis.. Can't find what you are looking for? Check the Articles here and use the 'tags' to search by topic for a list of articles...
Investors - The mytapu.com website is the largest resource of authoritative information about real estate investment in Turkey. This website provides the expert insights of our advisors gained by investing in Turkey and advising institutional investors in Turkey, since the late 1980's. During the last 30+ years, these experts on our team have advised more than 3,000 private clients, in addition to the worlds largest international investment fund managers, the World Bank Institute, the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD), the European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and various government agencies of the Republic of Turkey. that expertise is available to you, too, from this website, and from our Investor Services. This calibre of expertise is simply not available elsewhere, anywhere.
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How to Sell Property in Turkey...
How to Sell Property in Turkey...
The Two Keys to Success...
1- Go to WHERE the Buyers are...
the Portals...!
2- Deal Direct with Buyers & Take Control...
No Agents...!
The most important ‘keys’ to your sale are these:
- Present your Property WHERE the Buyers Are; at the on-line property markets (portals) in Turkey.
- Make sure the Buyers contact You, not an Agent, and thus ensure that YOU are in Control.
WHERE are the Buyers?
Why to Ensure Buyers Contact You and Not an Agent... the Three Most Commonly Occurring Reasons...
How to ensure a Buyer contacts YOU and not an Agent?
Read more in our blog article by clicking here, Selling Property in Turkey, the Two Keys to Success....
Contact us today for more information at info@mytapu.com and include your Telegram or WhatsApp number to receive a call back…
and request The Guide to Selling Property in Turkey...
Selling A Turkish Property on Portals: Next Steps
Selling A Turkish Property on Portals: Next Steps
- Collect together relevant information, documents, photos
- Choose the right portals for a specific property.
- Upload information to Portals
- Decide the Sales Price
- Prepare for Managing Enquiries from Buyers
- Prepare for Transferring Ownership and Receiving Payment
- Selling a property this way reduces expenses of paying an agent’s commission by 50-70%.
- Listing a property on portals is the way local Turkish people sell and the way agent’s find buyers.
- The Team at MyTapu Associates assist by providing advice and guidance, OR by managing directly.
Request more information today by emailing info@MyTapu.com
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Property Prices in Turkey: Where to Now…?
Property Prices in Turkey: Where to Now…?
Regrettably the recent health crisis had a negative long term impact on property prices in Turkey…. Price indicators in Summer of 2020 dropped 10% below previous summer’s lows, and only recent have regained those levels. Turkey continues to experience currency troubles and recently confirmed it is in negotiations with the IMF on a support package. This may provide temporary relief for the currency crisis, but will not provide relief for property prices over the near term.. If anything, the opposite may be true, as IMF support usually implies economic austerity measures. Property Prices may ‘step down’ yet again over the coming months…. . Over the last two years property prices now in the summer of 2023 appear to have reached a bottom, trading sideways in a trend, with periodic moves to the top end and lower end of that trading range, which is of course significantly below the peak in 2017. Foreign buyers of coastal properties are far fewer than in peak days of 2007 to 2017. The majority of foreign buyers in the market are buyers for Citizenship Investment, and are prohibited from purchasing a property from a foreign owner. IF your agent is telling you differently, it is time to choose an alternative pathway and solution.In addition, recent regulations NOW prohibit citizenship investors from purchasing of property by foreign international, non-Turkish buyers in specific locations (due to foreign density exceeding 20%), and many of these locations are the most sought after and desirable - and are the locations where many foreigners previously purchased and currently own property - meaning if your property is in these locations, your only possibility is to sell to a local Turkish buyer. The primary source of demand for coastal properties is from local Turks moving out of Istanbul and Ankara. Indeed for the first time recorded, more inhabitants moved from Istanbul than into Istanbul. Fortunately a foreign owner can sell a Turkish property and now do so online, in four foreign languages, without traveling to Turkey, thanks to new systems introduced by the Land Registry Modernisation Program in Turkey. … Everything can now be done on-line....
Can all be done without leaving your home country… Buying can be done the same way... This blog provides several useful articles for anyone interested in reading more about how local Turks use on-line market places to buy and sell property... The Team at myTapu are pleased to advise, guide, assist, and help with Turkish language as required…Email to info@mytapu.com with the subject ‘Selling without Travelling’ for Next Steps …. So if you are in a mind to sell, take control of the process yourself, with the tools available at mytapu.com. No need to continue listening to fairy tales from estate agents. Send an email to info@mytapu.com with the header…’Seller’s Tool-Kit’, and the experienced Transaction Support Team will guide and assist you getting the job done. |
Different Valuation Types: The Best Valuation Report for Negotiating Property Purchase Price ?
Different Valuation Types: The Best Valuation Report for Citizenship Investment Applications ?
Different Valuation Types: The Best Valuation Report for Setting the Sales Offering Price ?
Why are Turkish Property Buyers All on the Portals and not Agents' Websites...?
Why are Turkish Property Buyers All on the Portals and not Agents' Websites...?
Why Turks Love On-Line Property Portals...
Better for Buyers at OnLine Portals...
The Key to Successful Investment in Turkiye....
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What MyTapu Clients & Investors say about MyTapu: Customer Reviews.....
Sell Your Property without Traveling to Turkey...
Sell Your Property without Traveling to Turkey...
With guidance and instructions for the key procedures to be followed & documents required, all can be done in your home country, without travelling to Turkey. Contact us today at info@mytapu.com: add your WhatsApp or Viber number to request a call back.
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 travelling to Turkey. Contact us today at info@mytapu.com: add your 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
Welcome to mytapu.com... the Sellers' Tool-Kit for Residential Property in Turkey...
A Faster, Smarter, and Better Way
Property Prices in Turkey 2011 to 2019
| Sellers' Tool-Kit: Show Case - how to present your property for maximum effect... Digital Marketing- property market realities in a modern digital world.. Open Bidding- the psychology of maximising price... |
Arab buying...? Citizenship buyers can not purchase a proeperty that is owned by a non-Turkish citizen. Fact: Iranians are big buyers in Istanbul. |
Prices dropped down to 2011 levels... but the Lira is down 70% since...
Over the past five years a decision to sell was a better financial decision for the duration of that period, as prices trend lower....
Sell Now, or wait for recovery...? Waiting hasn't proven to be the best strategy...
Why mytapu.com is about
the way local Turks sell...!
| Fact: A seller needs to ‘jump the que’ - in front of hundreds of properties for sale. |
How to Selllike a Local... the same way Turks sell- to find a local Turkish buyer….. |
| How to Reach Buyers that agents can not...? read more... |
| Foreign buyers - last two years less than 1/10th of previous years. Fact: buyers in coastal regions are mainly Turks... |
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What customers say about us… advantages of selling property with mytapu.com… a Reliable & Effective Way to Sell Property in Turkey...
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Foreign buyers are recently actively purchasing property in Turkey for Citizenship Investment purposes.
BUT did you know...? Purchasing property from a foreign owner does NOT qualify for Citizenship Investment, and so they will NOT be buying a property sold by a non-Turkish owner..
If your agent has told you something different, it's time to move on, with a Smarter, Better Way, the mytapu.com Way...
And consider this: as a foreign owner, even if the an agent sells your property to a Turkish person first, before immediately reselling to the Citizenship Investor, the price will still need to be 'marked-up' by 20% - 30% above the sales price the current owner is receiving, in order to cover the Turkish person's capital gains tax.
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The Guide for
Selling Property in Turkey...
The team at mytapu.com are happy to advise, guide and support you in the steps for D.I.Y. selling in Turkey's vast on-line property markets: the sale procedures, presentation of your property on-line, the feedback loop for incoming emails and phone calls from buyers, positioning your property and at the right price, on-line bidding, valuations, tax receipts, notarisation, apostile, translations, documentary payments - all conveyancing & completion aspects of a property transaction.
The Team at mytapu.com have assisted more than 3,000 foreign property owners in Turkey over the last 15 years.
Contact us today for more information at info@mytapu.com and include your WhatsApp or Viber number to receive a call back…
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.
How do I Sell? Where do I Start?
Begin here… Next Steps:
a) Register Your Enquiry...
b) Read 'The Guide'...
to Selling Property in Turkey Faster, Smarter, and a Better Way....
Register of Current Buyers of Property in Istanbul & Turkey:
To enquire about selling your property, no obligation & free, please email info@mytapu.com with the subject line 'Selling'. .
Be prepared: the selling process of residential real estate in Turkey moves at a faster pace than that of other countries, and if your buyer is Turkish, the purchase will likely be in cash equivalents (not mortgage), and the sale will only take a few days at the most, but advance preparations to set up completion and payment does take longer, so do it in advance..
Buyer 1: BOUGHT - Alanya: Two bedroom apartment
Buyer 2: Dalyan: 3-4 bedroom villa
Buyer 3: Dalyan: Large luxury villa at appraised value
Buyer 4: Dalyan: Two large 5+ bedroom luxury villas
Buyer 5: Marmaris: Resort Hotel
Buyer 6: Alanya, Marmaris, or Dalyan: Ground floor duplex or triplex in small block with communal pool, 5 minutes walk to sandy beach, cafes & shops.
Buyer 7: Wanted- the best property available for £250,000, must have sea views, and be no more than 10 minutes walk to shops and a beach with fine sand.
Buyer 8: Aegean Coast/ Mugla: 2 bed 2 bathrooms, communal pool, no more than 10 minutes walk to beach.
Buyer 9: BOUGHT-Land Parcel 1000-3000 m2 Dalyan
Buyer 10: Istanbul Umraniye Yenisehr : 3+1 Umraniye Istanbul
Buyer 12: Istanbul Prime Central Location: $ 750,000
Buyer 13: Istanbul Prime Central Location: $ 250,000
Note:
As of March 2020, this section is no longer up to date. The Team at mytapu.com's Property Finding Serviceno longer update Purchase Orders from buying clients on this page. Instead,sellers please note the pecific locations and property types in demand currenly are mentioned regularly in the Property Presents News-Letter for Property Owners in Turkey. To receive the newsletter please send an email to info@mytapu.com with the Subject ‘Please Add Me to the Property Presents Newsletter…’. Currently we have Purchase Orders for multiple properties in the following categories:
Coastal Properties: Selective properties in coastal locations of Alanya, Antalya, and Dalaman region.Istanbul Properties:centrally located apartments:
- Bakirkoy to Fatih; Beyoglu to Zincirlikuyu; Kadikoy to Goztepe.
- Tenanted Apartments: properties with renters in occupancy; 1+1, 2+1, 3+1.
- Luxury apartments, minimum four bedrooms, above fourth floor with terraces/balconies and views.
- Sales prices should reflect eksper degerleme fiyatlar; kat mulkiyetli veya yapi kayit belgesi olmali.
Finding a Reliable & Effective Way to Sell Property in Turkey
Property Transactions now must be priced in Turkish Lira...
Why Showcase for Maximum Effect?
Digital Marketing: Different than Estate Agents?
Why Open your Property to the Whole World?
How mytapu.com reaches the buyers that agents do not…
Finding a reliable and effective way to deal with a property sale in Turkey….
Why the mytapu.com way is a New and Better Way…! The SMART way to Sell …!
Open Bidding Procedures for Selling Real Estate & Property in Turkey…
These guidelines for attracting buyers and selling in open-bidding, on-line real estate markets in Istanbul & Turkey for off-plan, new-built, resale, refurbishment and repossession properties are for international investors selling property owned in Turkey.
Guidance, support, and a complete range of professional investor services are provided by mytapu.com.
Additional information is available about open bidding and how it attracts interest from buyers and maximises sales prices.
To find out more, obligation free, please complete the form by clicking the SELL TAPU button below.
The Fastest Way to Sell for the Highest Price...
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Submit Documents
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Targeted Digital Marketing
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Sell to Highest Buyer
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Close the Sale
The Property Selling Procedure in Turkey: step-by-step....
The Property Selling Procedure in Turkey: step-by-step....
1 Targeted Marketing & Sales Set-Up
- Showcase your Property
- Images
- Videos
- Copy Text
- Key Features
- Digital Channel Management
- Agree Targets, Tactics, Dimensions & Delivery
- Choose Open Bidding or Other...
- Call & Chat Centre Response
- Management, Feedback & Follow-up
- Viewing Appointments Coordination
- Marketing Feedback Updates
- Analysis of Enquiries
- Negotiation & Sales Closing
2 – Document Preparation & Support
Appraisal Report if Required by Buyer;
· Instructed on your behalf by mytapu.com
· Prepared by an appraisal expert
· Licensed by the Turkish Financial Services Authority
· Proof of Title, Proof of Permits, Proof of Charges & Liens
· Price valuation based on recent sales prices
Authorisations for managing conveyance. You do not need to attend the Land Registry, Tax Office, or follow the other official paper work, as your selected attorneys in Turkey will do these for you, upon your instructions, for selling your property in Turkey; or you may choose to do so yourself with our guidance.
3 Instruct for Selling to Highest Bidder
- Secure & Transparent Sales Process
- 24/7 Online Processing
- Buyers & Sellers Notified of Latest Bid Increases
- Flexible Minimum Price Disclosure
- Flexible Duration
4 Closing the Sale Transaction
- Instruct Bid Acceptance
- Secure & Efficient Transaction Management
- No need to run around to gov't offices
The Land Registry Modernisation Program has automated many processes which can now be done on-line in four languages directly by the YOU... to manage title transfer, payment of taxes, and all other official procedures at all official offices and Land Registry, and then obtain the buyers payment documentation for deposit or transfer into your bank account.
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