Step-by-Step Guide to Buying Property in Serbia 2024

Welcome to our ultimate guide to buying property in Serbia in 2024! 🏡💼 From Belgrade to Novi Sad, we'll show you how to navigate the buying process, uncover risks and red flags, and maximize your investment potential.
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👋 Contact Us 👋
Tamara Salazar
Attorney at law and court certified translator for English and French
Email: [e-mail]
Aleksander Fillen
Attorney at law
Email: [e-mail]
Elizabeth Tošev
Instagram ~ / lizlearnsserbian
TikTok ~ / lizlearnsserbian
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🔗 Links mentioned in the video 🔗
(In the order they appear)
● List of countries eligible (bi-lateral international treaty) ●
Ministry if Justice (in Serbian only) Provides an exhaustive list of eligible countries.
www.mpravde.gov.rs/tekst/3579...
● WEBSITES FOR LOOKING FOR HOMES ●
- City Expert: cityexpert.rs/en/
- Nekretnine.rs
- 4zida.rs
● SOKOLIS & GRADING ●
Let's become neighbors in Kragujevac? See what apartments are available in Sokolis
Sokolis: www.sokolis.rs/
/ sokolis.kragujevac
Grading (parent construction company): grading.rs/
/ grading.rs
/ @gradingrs
● CADASTRE ●
katastar.rgz.gov.rs/eKatastar...
● FIND A LAWYER IN SERBIA ●
Bar Association of Belgrade: akbgd.org.rs/sr/
Bar Association of Vojvodina (Northern Serbia): akv.org.rs/
List to websites of other Bar Associations of Serbia: aks.org.rs/cir/%d0%ba%d0%be%d...
● SERBIAN NOTARY CHAMBER ●
www.beleznik.org/kancelarije
Provides a list of all notary public offices in Serbia, listed alphabetically. Search should be done based on the municipality where the desired property is located, as they are the ones who will be notarizing the sales and purchase agreement.
● LIST OF CERTIFIED TRANSLATORS ●
Belgrade:www.mpravde.gov.rs/tekst/1385...
Vojvodina: www.puma.vojvodina.gov.rs/tum...
● BANKS IN SERBIA ●
Raiffeisen Bank
Erste Bank
UniCredit Bank Serbia
OTP Banka Srbija
Addiko Bank a.d.
Banca Intesa
AIK Banka
Banka Poštanska štedionica
NLB Komercijalna banka
ProCredit Bank a.d.
● WHITE CARD (ADDRESS REGISTRATION) ●
White Card: www.mup.gov.rs/wps/portal/sr/g...
- ARRIVAL (24 hours) www.mup.gov.rs/wps/wcm/connect...
- CHANGE OF ADDRESS (24 hours) www.mup.gov.rs/wps/wcm/connect...
Take this completed form and go with the owner of your apartment (they need to have proof that they own the apartment and their ID), bring your passport to the police station of that manicupality and get your white card signed and stamped.
● FREE HOTLINE FOR TAX OFFICE ●
For any tax related questions, you may call the following number from Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Contact Center
0700 700 007
011/6969-069
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✍️ CONTENT SUMMARY ✍️
0:00 - Intro
1:28 - 1: Eligibility to buy property in Serbia
3:20 - 2: Benefits of buying property in Serbia
3:38 - 3: Searching for properties in Serbia
5:20 - What is the Cadaster?
6:28 - 4: Legal Checklist and Red Flags
10:27 - Personal Experience in the Serbian Property Market
11:22 - 5: Due Diligence using the Cadaster (Walkthrough)
15:43 - 6: Finding a Lawyer in Serbia
17:44 - 7: Signing at the Notary
21:54 - Personal Experience at the Notary
23:37 - 8: Finding a Court Qualified Translator
25:08 - 9: Choosing which Bank
26:20 - 10: Opening a Bank Account in Serbia
26:50 - 11: How to Pay for your Property
27:41 - 12: Tax Implications
28:14 - Tax Refunds and State Subsidies
31:47 - Disclaimer
32:15 - Property Tax
34:12 - Final Notes
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📕 Want to Learn Serbian? 📕
Belgrade Language School ~ bit.ly/45D6M4k
They have been with me from the beginning of my Serbian Language learning experience and I couldn't recommend them enough!
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🤳 Learning a New Language? 🤳
Find a language tutor on italki (get $10 Credit when you sign up): go.italki.com/liz
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💸 Sending money overseas? 💸
I get asked quite a bit how I send money to Serbia to buy classes with the best exchange rates... I use Wise!
wise.com/invite/dic/elizabeth... (Use my code to get a free international transfer)
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[@bojan01010]

This is actually useful, even for Serbian citizens. Great job Liz!

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Oh I'm so glad to hear that! The tax refunds and new mother's subsidy was something that I learnt that I qualified for, so thanks to the making of this video we are actually going to be getting back a significant amount of VAT back! 😍

[@user-kp5ne5mx1l]

🎆Čestitam rešili ste veliku stvar za porodični život ❤❤❤, želim vam samo zdravlje i ljubav i to puno 🥰

[@tanteju944]

THE BEST EVER "buy property in Serbia" video I've seen on YT!!! 👍👍👍 Kvala!

[@lizlearnsserbian]

It took us so long to finish it! Glad that you think so 😍

[@acokostic810]

Neka je srecno i dugovecno❤

[@DanicaDukic]

Enjoy Serbia very cultured kind people beautiful cities,town, nature, and very nice to people that accept and appreciate Serbia ,Thank You Liz ,an amazing person, many blessings 👸🎇🙂🇷🇸❤️💙🤍👌

[@sombor777]

Srecno i dugovečno

[@pattiepepper6217]

Yes! EXCELLENT video! Very informative and succinct. Thank you so much! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@petarpan8176]

I'm so happy for you Liz i wish you all the best. Greeting's from Dandenong!

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Haha thank you! Sooo many Serbs there! 🤣

[@natasaaaaaa]

You’ve developed our typical Aussie Serb accent 😂😂😂 iconic sestro

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Hahahaha, I'll fit right in when I come visit next year at the Serb festival 🤣

[@BelgradeBeat]

great job on such a useful video!!! Due to restrictions on foreigners buying agricultural land, I had to buy my property in Sumadija through a DOO which added a layer of complication, but that's just me and my Suma life.

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Thanks Eric! Oh that's something I didn't think of... Good you're doing well in Thailand!

[@kirillblago5220]

Thank you! Хвала!

[@aleksandarpopovic7090]

Honestly as a Serbian living in Canada you explained me something that I didn't know :) very good video. thank you -

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Great to hear our hard work paid off! It took me almost 20 hours to put together this video 🫠

[@SuziMil]

Very easy to understand and informative video, thank you so much!😄

[@dankadesign7462]

Its so nice seing you so happy.At least is far cheaper then in Australia (as you know).Enjoy 💚

[@jovicakomazec510]

Thanks for sharing this info!

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Our pleasure!

[@andreisemerenko9249]

Wow, it is just a brilliant presentation of everything that i, as a buyer of house, is going to take care of!! Thanks a lot! Just one this video is enough to understand the overall process. Big thanks to lawyers that are participating in video!

[@lizlearnsserbian]

You're very welcome! I'm glad we could be of help to you! 🥰

[@rioferdinand2828]

Nice video. ❤

[@6ujfet6ikjhuiiojt564]

Čestitam

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Hvalaa!

[@Vinniethewiseguy]

Liz I saw your photo being used on a credit union website in Canada. I couldn't believe it.

[@northwest24]

Kako imas harizmu i zracis pozitivnoscu.. your man is lucky guy

[@lizlearnsserbian]

I'm also a very lucky girl 🥰

[@erniesulovic4734]

Luckily I knew most of this in a roundabout sort of way as watched several videos on this topic. You did a great job in simplifying it Liz and thanks. I am moving from Sydney to Nis soon, fingers crossed to be with my Mrs, and has taken me 5 yrs and now things are getting much closer. 99% packed and just sorting the finances. Cannot wait to get to Serbia and leave Oz and be with my Mrs, finally, and never to return to Oz. Once I get my Super in a few years, I'll be canceling my Oz citizenship....that is how much I am over this country.

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Amazing! You will have a wonderful life there and in the South you will never be alone! 🤣

[@erniesulovic4734]

@@lizlearnsserbian Oh tell me about it Liz lol. Some of my friends/contacts are never sober and they always ask me to join them when I am there........i will say, i so miss being over there. My Mrs, the food, music, lingo etc......the whole vibe ....and i am sure you know what i mean 🙂

[@novapowell6976]

Out of curiosity why Oz got so bad? It's hard to believe life would be better in Serbia than in Australia? Could you share your thoughts. I would really appreciate it.

[@nevenak344]

Хвала Богу да неко ко је инфлуенсер не паметује и даје пореско правне савете и каже да није профешнл већ сними адвокате. 😊😊😊❤

[@mikioni]

I am looking forward to October when I will move to Canada. I'm fed up with Serbia.

[@novapowell6976]

I love your cute Aussie accent

[@duskobogos2348]

Complicated.....Run.... vau!!

[@VladimirTrnjakovicj]

👏👏👏 Хвалааа учитељице! Нисам ни сам знао, да толико знам старо-Римски Енд-ленд-ски говор, док ме ти ниси опасуљила... Ликовање 👍, ширење 🗣️, ушкрабавање ✍️, смејуљак... 😉😊

[@slavicakovac764]

❤

[@matovicdusko]

👋👋👋

[@Pauli650]

You are not a foreigner anymore 😊

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Lucky me! 😋

[@Pauli650]

@@lizlearnsserbian lucky Serbia!

[@nedjmaannyiah6400]

Thank you so much Liz for all informations in this video ! i had so many questions about this topic and i found answer here ! So i would like to know if for stranger if it possible to contract a loan in Serbia for a property or impossible ?

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Our pleasure ☺️ I remember doing some initial research on this topic about 4 years ago. I believe you must be a citizen to get a loan, however it's better to check with your lawyer or perhaps with Tamara or Aleks (from the video). I am, at the end of the day, a random, unqualified person on the internet haha...

[@nedjmaannyiah6400]

@@lizlearnsserbian I will follow your advice and contact them once my project is viable ! Since November I have been planning to leave France for Serbia and having found you and followed your adventure has helped me enormously and given me confidence and courage to undertake my life differently. And for that I can never thank you enough for sharing this with us!

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Aww how exciting for you! I wish you all the best and I'm so glad we were able to be of help ♥️

[@nedjmaannyiah6400]

@@lizlearnsserbian thanks you , the same for you and your family 💙💙

[@Emilio.Pablo.SRBIJA]

Liz, do you have a video on how to get Serbian citizenship?

[@lizlearnsserbian]

I have a video in post-production at the moment on getting your citizenship via opening a business/employment/being an "entrepreneur". It will not cover unfortunately other means of getting citizenship. This is the 2023 video, the 2024 version is awaiting some additional material from my lawyer that I worked with but once I get that, it will be uploaded onto my channel ☺️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZXNpn6ipradedksi=GnccSPMkIJPsHAL4

[@misternebojsa]

Imagine your last name is Salazar thats cool as f**k 😂

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Hahaha, it should be a rule when you get married that the couple can choose the cooler surname, and then they both take that 🤣

[@heatherl6107]

Hello Liz, Amerikana here. Do you find it better to have a lawyer than a Serb real estate agent?

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Hi there, you will have more end to end support with a lawyer. They have your best interest in mind. The real estate agents are motivated by getting you to buy something expensive so they can earn a big commission on the sale.

[@user-mz4yp8hw8c]

Aint nobody going through all that, not even Serbians, that’ll take years over there, pay the lawyer, sleep peacefully 😂😂😂, 20 sec video P.S It was a interesting tho, congrats 🎉🎊

[@lizlearnsserbian]

Hahaha literally 🤣 I can't believe some people go through this by themselves. I wouldn't have know where even to start

[@miloshp7399]

Woah, this woman doesn't just deserve, she overachieves her citizenship. 😁 🥰

[@lizlearnsserbian]

🥹

[@VladimirTrnjakovicj]

Опростите ми на мојим блесавим шалама, али ваља се, за сложене ЈуТјуб рачунарске једначине" зване "алгоритам"... 🙏😊

[@oleksandrpotylko8054]

Попробуй русский язык

[@alexandartheserb7861]

So Serbs are aliens in her country but she is domestic in Serbian country... Doesnt seems like fair international relation

[@lizlearnsserbian]

I think the Australian Serbs would disagree 😅 The amount of times I've told people that I'm from Australia and Serbs telling me that they have family in my home country is ridiculously high. They also all have dual citizenship.

[@alexandartheserb7861]

@@lizlearnsserbian Interesting, you dont trade your native Asian land for land of Serbs, but you trade land of Aboriginals and Brits for land of Serbs. That doesnt seems fair, looks like if one pay bill with someone elses wallet. And wasnt Asia in last century for decolonization from foreign colonists? We all supported that in ex Yugoslavia. But now seems like that was false, that you like colonization, just you dont like others to colonize your land but you to colonize others lands...

[@lizlearnsserbian]

@@alexandartheserb7861 Lol, so my parents left Vietnam by row boat because their country was worn torn after the conclusion of the Vietnam war that, lasted 20 years. They were one of the lucky boats that did not sink, get kidnapped/raped/killed by Thailand pirates or did not resort to cannibalism. My mum witnessed a boat picked up where a man had eaten everyone else on the boat and went crazy. Anyway, they were then stationed for a long time in an immigration camp in Indonesia, not knowing what was going to happen at the time. My mum was 17 at the time, my father 23. They applied to be sent to Australia, not knowing anything about the country, but it, at the time, had the shortest waiting times and she had 4 younger sisters as well as 3 older siblings and the family wanted to stay together. Serbs did the same in the 90s, they escaped a war torn country to try to make a better life for their children. Viet and Serbs immigrants in Australia grew up sometimes in the same suburbs. Treated unequally, not knowing the language and facing racism. Both Serbs and Viets kept their focus on their children. Sacrificing the happiness of one generation for the next. Aussie Serbs and Vietnamese Aussies are the result of the sacrifice that that generation made. I am extremely proud of both races. Growing up in a neighbourhood of poor immigrants. Because of them, I was able to have the life that we have today and the freedom to move to another country, not because of war, but motivated by love.

[@alexandartheserb7861]

@@lizlearnsserbian Yea, but what is wrong with you Vietnamies if you dont have Serbs in your land, but Serbs should have Vietnamies on their? Is it fair me to dont have citizenship of your land and you to have of mine? If Serbs knew about Vietnam war, did Vietnamies knew back in time about Serbs in WWI or WWII? I doubt... I dont see fair relation just selfish interests of one side. And its not Serbian side since I am not in Vietnam... I see you are positive person, but anyone would be nice when receiving for free someting from others. But that doesnt make one person Good...

[@lizlearnsserbian]

@alexandartheserb7861 Mislim da će biti malo lakše da pišemo na srpskom. Imamo puno Srba i u Vijetnamu, i dobro došli ste kod nas u Vijetnamu ☺️. Vizu je jako lako da dobijete ako ste iz Srbije i stiže za nekoliko dana i košta 25 USD... znam zato što sam putovala sa bivšem dečkom. Srbi mogu i da rade kod nas. Upoznali smo srpsku zajednicu u Vijetnamu, oni uče našu decu engleski, pošto Srbi jako dobro pričaju engleski ☺️ i rade takođe kao fudbalski treneri, Vijetnamci i Srbi to imaju zajedničko... Ludi su za fudbalom. Lepo zarađuju oni u Vijetnamu. Srbi mogu da se prijave za vijetnamski pasoš, ali Srbi ne žele da to uzmu, zato što nema mnogo benefita. Srbi mogu više sa srpskim pasošem, u više zemalja mogu da putuju, ako uzmete vijetnamski pasoš, izgubićete svoj srpski pasoš i državljanstvo... za pasoš koji je slablji. Koji Srbi bi to želio? Što se tiče rata, Verovati ili ne, mi smo se borili zajedno u prvom svetkom ratu protiv Bugara. borbazaistinu.rs/zamisli-bugarin-si-napadnes-srbiju-a-zarobe-te-vijetnamci/ Kada sam bila u Vijetnamu, ja Vijetnamcima kažem da živim u Srbiji, oni nemaju pojma gde je to, ali kada dodam da je Srbija nekada bila Jugoslavija, svi znaju o Jugoslaviji. Aleks, ti si uvek dobro došao kod nas u Vijetnamu, i čak u Australiji, idem sa mužem i sa ćerkom sledeće godine. Vreme je promenilo... Svet nije više zatvoren za vas... Naći ćeš svoj narod skoro u svakoj zemlji na svetu. Znam neke Srbe koji su putovali u Antarktiku haha. Znam da imaš svoj stav i imaš pravo na svoje mišljenje. Možeš slobodno da mene ili moj narod da mrziš, ali nemam lično, nikakvu želju da kolonizujem vašu zemlju, da porobi tvoj narod i tretiram Srbe kao drugu klasu u svojoj zemlji. Tvoj narod je mnogo divan i je mene prihvatila kao deo vaše porodice, u Australiji, u Vijetnamu i naravno, u Srbiji. Zbog toga sam naučila srpski da ne morate da čujete strane jezike u vašoj zemlji. Ja sam na kraju krajeva, iako imam vaše državljanstvo, gost u vašoj zemlji i radim da poštujem svoje domaćine.

[@DjordjeStamatovic]

KRALJICE.