A BUZEĆAN WHO SELLS APARTMENTS IN DUBAI AND ABU DHABI TO ISTRIAN PEOPLE12.03.2025. 18:23

In Sovinjak near Buzet, where many famous people have their holiday homes, from writer Slavenka Drakulić to politician Vesna Pusić, one villa attracts attention with its unusual name - Habibi.

When we found out who its owner was, everything somehow made sense, including the fact that in the heart of northern Istria a stone villa has an Arabic name. Namely, its owner is Vlatko Mrvoš from Buzet, owner of the real estate agency Proagent, whose main activity is mediation in the sale of real estate in Istria and other parts of Croatia, but also specializes in the sale of real estate in the United Arab Emirates.

"Habibi is a very beautiful word. It means 'my love' and in the Arab world it is used to address a male person, but it is often used for female persons as well, although the correct term is habibti. In fact, it is used to address dear people. The name of the villa is also interesting to tourists who come here for a summer vacation, and when they find out what it means and when I tell them that I have a business connection to Dubai, that I went there by car from Buzet, it is all very exciting for them. It is unimaginable to them that there are still people who are so positively crazy to embark on such an uncertain adventure,” explained Vlatko, the name of the villa.

The headquarters of the Proagent company is in Buzet, and in 2021, the Zagreb branch of Proagent was opened in the Westin Hotel. In addition to Mrvoš, who comes occasionally, the agent Tea works there, and when he is not teaching, Mrvoš's son Aleks, who is studying economics in Rijeka, also works at the Buzet agency. His daughter Tara is studying graphic design in Zagreb and helps in administration, and his wife Željana is a teacher at the Lanišće Subdistrict School and is the family's logistics manager.

We were interested in how the idea of ​​him mediating in the sale of real estate in Dubai, or rather the Emirates, came about, and along the way we briefly looked back at his adventure, a car trip from Buzet to Dubai...

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