Georgia asks $150,000 for residence through property. Cyprus asks €300,000 and Türkiye $400,000

On price alone Georgia wins this comparison outright: 150,000 dollars against Cyprus at 300,000 euros, Hungary at 500,000 euros, the UAE at the dirham equivalent of roughly 545,000 dollars, Türkiye at 400,000 dollars and Greece at between 250,000 and 800,000 euros depending on where the property is. But the ticket price and the thing you receive are not comparable across this list. Türkiye's 400,000 dollars is a citizenship route. Greece's permit sits inside the Schengen area. Georgia's is a renewable one-year residence permit in a country outside both the EU and Schengen. Those are different products with different prices, not the same product at six prices.

Two mechanics in the Georgian rules matter more than the headline figure. The threshold can be met by combining more than one property rather than buying a single qualifying unit, which widens the range of stock that works — two modest flats instead of one expensive one. And Cyprus restricts its route to new-build only, where Georgia does not, so resale stock counts. Against that, Georgia's requirement is a certified market value from an accredited assessor, not the price on your contract, so a bargain purchase can value below the line and a seller's asking price is not evidence of anything.

What a buyer should actually weigh is what the money is doing while it sits there. In Greece or Cyprus the threshold is high enough that the property is the investment and the permit is a benefit attached to it. At 150,000 dollars in Georgia, the sum is small enough that the sensible test is whether the flat would be worth buying with no permit attached at all — because if the answer is no, you have paid for a permit and accepted a bad asset to get it. Rent, resale demand in that specific building and the service charge decide that, and none of them appear in any comparison table.

Georgia's figure was 100,000 dollars until 1 March 2026 and 35,000 dollars before July 2019, so the number in this comparison has moved twice in seven years and in the same direction each time. Greece restructured its own tiers, and the UAE and Türkiye have both revised theirs. Any comparison of this kind has a shelf life measured in months, which is the argument for checking the current rule before committing rather than relying on a table — including this one. Existing Georgian permit holders at the 100,000 level were reported able to renew without a fresh appraisal while they keep ownership.