How high are the fees when you buy property?

By John, on August 23rd, 2007

Graphic from the Economist 2007-08-23
The Economist has a short article with the graphic above showing the additional costs and fees associated with buying property in different countries. Britain and Denmark are cheap, costing under 5% of the purchase price; Korea, Italy, France, Greece, Spain and Germany are expensive at 12% – 22%.