In the last five years, there have been some 15,000 applications by third country nationals to purchase real estate in Cyprus, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. More than a third of the applications were filed for properties in the Paphos district (5,477), with Limassol attracting the next highest level of interest (4,316) despite the steep real estate prices, with Larnaca in third place (3,479). Nicosia and Famagusta districts attracted the
