Three questions decide whether anything else matters: can you own it, does the register hold, and is your deposit protected. Here are the answers for Georgia, each with the law or source it rests on. The answers are written for EU and EEA citizens; where rules differ for other nationals, the ownership answer says so. As of September 2026.
The core answers
Can you buy property here as an EU citizen?
Buildings and urban land can be acquired. Agricultural land is closed to foreigners.
Legal basis: Constitution of Georgia, Art. 19(4) (2018 amendment)
Is your deposit protected by law?
No escrow requirement; protection only by registering the preliminary contract (priority over other creditors)
Source: legal.ge · 2026
Residence
Residence permit directly through property; threshold USD 150,000 from 1 March 2026, previously USD 100,000
Source: eiglaw.com
First thing to check
- Whether the preliminary contract is entered in the register. Only registration gives priority over the developer's other creditors.
All 24 dimensions
Scale 0 to 100, higher is better. Each value shows where it comes from: tied to a published index, own research with a source on file, or approximated from comparable countries.
Law and register
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Property rights | 48 | Index |
| Register | 88 | Research |
| Deposit protection | 30 | Research |
| Rule of law | 51 | Index |
| Freedom from corruption | 50 | Index |
| Political stability | 46 | Index |
Money and market
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase costs | 87 | Index |
| Tax burden | 78 | Index |
| Entry price | 69 | Index |
| Rental yield | 60 | Research |
| Short-term rental | 95 | Research |
| Price development | 43 | Approximation |
| Demand pipeline | 90 | Index |
Residence and access
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Residence | 100 | Research |
| Exit | 43 | Index |
| Currency | 34 | Index |
| Accessibility | 70 | Research |
Place and building stock
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Climate | 56 | Index |
| Natural hazards | 29 | Index |
| Utilities | 47 | Index |
| Build quality | 60 | Research |
| Construction cost | 85 | Research |
| Quality of life | 45 | Index |
| Healthcare | 40 | Index |
Researched individually
These entries do not come from an index but from research for this country. The source is given with each.
Residence
Residence permit directly via real estate; the threshold rises to USD 150,000 from 1 March 2026, up from USD 100,000 previously.
Source: eiglaw.com · 2026
Deposit protection
No escrow requirement; protection only through registration of the preliminary contract in the register (priority over other creditors).
Source: legal.ge · 2026
Accessibility
2,686 km great-circle distance from Munich
Source: Grosskreisentfernung Muenchen-Hauptstadt · 2026
Build quality
BQCI 9/15 (WB Doing Business 2020) + WGI Government Effectiveness 60,21 (2024), Gewicht 35/65
Source: archive.doingbusiness.org · 2019
Place and building materials
What to check in Georgia
Derived from the four weakest dimensions of this country - statistically, that is where buyers lose money.
- Natural hazards. Exposure to earthquake, storm, flood and wildfire at the specific site, not the national average.
- Deposit protection. Whether your deposit is protected by law - escrow account or bank guarantee - or goes straight to the developer.
- Currency. The exchange-rate risk between purchase currency, rental currency and your own.
- Healthcare. Whether a hospital that is up to an emergency is within reach, and whether your insurance covers it.
Developers and projects in Georgia
The developer index records 30 projects and 17 developers in Georgia without rating them, each entry with source and retrieval date. An excerpt:
| Project | Place | Developer | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aisi Batumi | Batumi | Aisi Group | under construction |
| Avenue by Orbi | Batumi | Orbi Group | under construction |
| Cube | Batumi | Metropol | under construction |
| GeoBuilding Gorgasali | Batumi | Geobuilding + | under construction |
| Real Palace Blue | Batumi | Real Palace | under construction |
| Buknari Resort | Buknari | Lisi Development | on sale |
| Grand Botanico Residence | Chakvi | Batumi Investment | under construction |
| Gudauri Neo | Gudauri | REDCO | completed |
| Petra Sea Resort | Kobuleti | Petra Sea Resort | under construction |
| Solana Grand Residences | Kobuleti | Solana Development | under construction |
| Mardi Aquapark | Makhinjauri | Mardi Holding | under construction |
| Real Palace Green | Makhinjauri | Real Palace | under construction |
Individual project pages are currently in German; they contain the recorded data, the source and the retrieval date.
All 30 projects and 17 developers in Georgia
Lawyers in Georgia
These firms have agreed to be named here. There is no partnership, no cooperation agreement and no payment in either direction - neither from me to them nor the other way round. They check title, encumbrances and contract. I check the building and the developer. Each side is instructed directly by the buyer. Being named is not a recommendation in the legal sense and creates no responsibility on the part of those named for my work. The legal information on this page is my own summary and is not legal advice from the firms listed.
- Giorgi Batlidze, BLC Law Office · Tbilisi · German-speaking
- Khatuna Bagrationi, LL.M. · Batumi · German-speaking · bagrationi.khatuna@gmail.com
- Toradze & Partners · Tbilisi · German-speaking
What the guide cannot do
A country can look good in all three columns and the specific property can still be a total loss. The reverse is also true: in a country with a weak register, a cleanly titled plot can be entirely unproblematic. The guide tells you what the environment looks like. Whether this one property holds up is decided by the review.