Until recently, figuring out just who owns what could be very difficult in Kosovo.
Tens of thousands of properties were left damaged, destroyed, or abandoned by the conflict there in 1999 and property transactions in the country were often unregistered because of problems with government offices.
That’s finally changing, however, as a result of Kosovo’s Real Estate Cadastre and Registration Project, which aims to improve tenure security and develop land and property markets in the country.
“The project is very important for Kosovo and for the ownership of property - and for citizens, because ownership is now being registered and rights to property are being guaranteed,” says CEO of Kosovo’s Cadastral Agency, Murat Meha.