Legal advice in Italy

Property auctions in Italy are on the rise, and 300,000 auction proceedings are expected by 2023. Francesca Cardia, industry expert at national level, reveals some interesting facts about the world of real estate auctions in Italy.

Selling or buying bare ownership of a property means entering into a real estate transaction without involving the right to live within the walls of the house in question.

In Italy, when you rent out your flat and the time comes to register the rental contract, as you are obliged to do within 30 days of signing the contract, you no longer even have to leave your home to do so.

Once the tenancy agreement has been signed, the landlord must send the notice to the Revenue Agency no later than 30 days after signing it. This procedure is essential and protects landlords from possible fines. But what are the steps involved, and what's required with each step?

Let's be honest; who hasn't imagined at some point of building house of their dreams from the ground up? But if you want to actually follow through on those dreams and do it, you have to be aware that it is a difficult process.

The minimum duration of a rental contract depends on the type of contract agreed.

Knowing what the preliminary contract for the purchase of a property ("contratto preliminare" in Italian) consists of and how it works is very important when you're planning to buy a property in Italy.

Buying a house in Italy as a foreigner will require paying a deposit, just like everyone else. The deposit is the sum of money or the amount of other tangible things which is handed over by one party to the other at the time a contract is concluded in order to ensure the performance of the envi

If you're thinking of moving to Italy and starting a business is something that is on your radar, then it's important to do your research about the process of legally starting a business in Italy.

If you’re from the UK and live in Italy, then you’ll be aware of the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, especially for Brits living abroad.

Anyone who has ever had to go through any sort of Italian bureaucracy, even for the most basic paperwork, will know that the process isn't exactly something that the 21st century would be proud of.

With sentence 5294/2020, the Provincial Tax Commission in Rome has established that in the case of abusive possession of a property, IMU (Municipal Property Tax) is to be paid by those illegally occupying the property and not by the owner.  According to the Provincial Tax Commission in Ro

After conversion to the Senate, Italy's relaunch decree is now law.

As we all know, Brexit news is constantly changing and in recent times, due to COVID-19, Brexit has almost disappeared from the headlines. However, in the latest developments for Brits living Italy, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Italian counterpart, Giuseppe Conte, have

Now that Brexit is finally here, one of the big questions asked by Brits abroad is about residency in another country. If you live in Italy, then you must register as a resident there if you plan to stay for more than three months.

Do I need to swap my British licence for an Italian one? What about taking another driving test? Brexit being Brexit, things aren’t very clear and there is still a lot of uncertainty regarding many questions asked by British expats in Italy.

If you are a landlord and rent out a house in Italy, you might be aware of possible problems with tenants in the rental process. In the case troublesome tenants, what can you do to solve the situation? In addition to eviction, there are also some alternative solutions.

Brexit is still the word of the moment and still, no one quite knows what is going on, even more so if you’re a British citizen living abroad. Will I be able to keep working in Italy? Will I need a visa? And what about healthcare?

Often homeowners who decide to use their property for short-term rentals have doubts about how to write a contract.

In general, Italian citizenship is obtained ‘ius sanguinis’, this means having an Italian parent. However, it is possible to obtain citizenship by meeting different conditions. The matter is governed by Law No 91 of 5 February 1992. Italian heritage or marriage 1.

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The property capital gain (plusvalenza sugli immobili) is the positive difference between the amount received at the time of selling a property and the purchase price or the construction cost of this, increased by the inherent costs.

In the summer months, home robberies shoot up about 35%.

The time for writs of property executions to be implemented in Italy got faster in 2018, but most of them end without the repossessed property being auctioned off to new owners, according to the T6 Report presented in Rome.

Divorce is never nice, especially when there are children involved, but sometimes it’s necessary and there are practical matters to take care of. One question many people have is what happens to their house in Italy if they get divorced or are separated and they’ve got children?