Slovenians own 81% of their homes. As many as 180 thousand Slovenians own 2 properties, 116,000 own 3 properties and 75,000 own 4 properties. Many more Slovenians own more than four properties, namely 354 thousand.

(Source Finance.si) mojefinance.finance.si/8948959

On the other hand, Ljubljana and Maribor alone are missing tens of thousands of apartments. Rents are skyrocketing. So people are buying properties for expensive Airbnb rentals or just to have empty ones "lying around" somewhere that they will sell dearly one day if they need the money. There is no logic here. It is not possible to own a lot of non-residential property anywhere abroad without paying tax on it. In most cases it is 1% of the value of the property. If we were to introduce such a tax here, a lot of people would probably decide to put their properties on the market, and house prices would fall... So now some people just accumulate wealth in real estate, and pay EUR 50 a year in building land tax and so on. On the other hand, we have the highest possible taxation on securities, heavily taxed deposits, etc..

In fact, only the property you live in should be tax-free. Everything else is a luxury and if you have assets invested in real estate you can pay 1% tax, just as anyone who has assets in securities or deposits must now pay 30% tax on profits or interest....

Something needs to be done to get properties on the market that are empty -> and there are not a few of them... But since we don't have a luxury tax, most of them are sitting on these assets and waiting.... If you had to pay 1% or €3,000 tax every year on a €300,000 apartment, many people would probably ask themselves if it is worth it or if they would rather sell the apartment....

It is not normal that the rental market is almost unknown here, but in Germany and other developed countries 60% of the population rent...

A property tax has been announced for 15 years, but of course it is not in the interest of politicians and elites to introduce such a tax, because they are the ones who own a lot of property. Slovenistan...