If you strip the Italian market back to its absolute lowest price bracket, a small but striking group of municipalities sits below €500 per m². According to idealista’s Q2 2026 analysis, these towns represent the bottom tier of the national market, all priced far beneath Italy’s average of €1,903 per m².
For anyone researching the cheapest towns to buy a house in Italy or looking at Italian villages with low house prices, this is the cluster worth examining more closely.
Below €400 per m²: Italy’s ultra-low price tier
Only three municipalities in the Q2 2026 dataset fall under €400 per m². That makes them the true outliers.
Mosso
In the foothills of the Alps in northern Piedmont, Mosso currently records the lowest figure in the country at €331 per m². With the regional average in Piedmont at €1,319 per m², that places Mosso roughly 75% below its regional benchmark.
At this level, an 80m² flat would sit just above €26,000. Compared to the national average of €1,903 per m², prices here are dramatically lower.
Mussomeli
In inland Sicily, property prices in Mussomeli average €363 per m² in Q2 2026. The Sicilian regional average is €1,028 per m², so Mussomeli is about 65% below the regional norm.
For context, an 80m² property at that average would come in at just over €29,000. It firmly positions Mussomeli among the cheapest towns to buy a house in Italy.
Grammichele
Also in Sicily, property prices in the hexagonal-shaped Grammichele average €382 per m². Against the same regional benchmark of €1,028 per m², that’s approximately 63% lower than the Sicilian average.
With only three municipalities under €400 per m² nationwide, Grammichele sits in a very narrow segment of the Italian market.
€400–€500 per m²: the broader low-cost band
Beyond the sub-€400 tier, a wider group of municipalities remains under €500 per m². These towns are still well below both regional and national averages.
Sicily
Sicily continues to dominate the lower end of the market.
Both remain significantly below the Sicilian average of €1,028 per m², reinforcing the island’s strong representation among Italian villages with low house prices.
Lombardy
- Sermide e Felonica (Mantova) – €468 per m²
Lombardy’s regional average stands at €2,414 per m². That places Sermide e Felonica around 81% lower than its regional benchmark, one of the largest percentage gaps recorded in the dataset.
Lazio
- Borgorose (Rieti) – €472 per m²
With Lazio averaging €2,224 per m², Borgorose sits roughly 79% below the regional level, highlighting how uneven pricing can be within the same region.
Puglia
- Salice Salentino (Lecce) – €473 per m²
- San Donaci (Brindisi) – €486 per m²
- Collepasso (Lecce) – €486 per m²
Puglia’s regional average is €1,254 per m². All three municipalities fall more than 60% below that figure, keeping southern Italy prominent in the under-€500 bracket.
Tuscany
- Castell’Azzara (Grosseto) – €479 per m²
Tuscany’s regional average stands at €2,464 per m². At €479 per m², Castell’Azzara is approximately 81% below the regional level, matching the largest discount seen elsewhere in the country.
Sardinia
- Macomer (Nuoro) – €487 per m²
Macomer joins the under-€500 group, adding Sardinia to the list of regions represented in this lowest pricing tier.
Calabria
- San Giovanni in Fiore (Cosenza) – €490 per m²
At €490 per m², this Calabrian municipality also remains far below the national benchmark.
How far below the national average?
Every municipality listed above sits substantially under Italy’s national average of €1,903 per m² in Q2 2026. Even the highest figure in this group, €490 per m², represents a gap of more than €1,400 per m² compared to the national norm.
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