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What to check when buying a house in Italy

The pitfalls of buying real estate in Italy are many, but buying a house safely is possible. Claudia Petraglia, national adviser of the Italian Notariat explains to idealista/news how to avoid unpleasant surprises when purchasing property. When you decide to buy a hous
Patrica, one of the abandoned Italian villages selling houses for 1 euro / Wikimedia commons

1 euro houses

How does the houses for 1 euro project work? These houses are owned by individuals who want to get rid of them as quickly as possible so as not to pay taxes.
A traditional English home in Italy

Around the world in 5 houses... without leaving Italy

If it took Phileas Fogg 80 days to travel around the world in Jules Verne’s literary classic, you can do it in much less time and without even having to get up from your sofa at home. We have selected for you some really weird and wonderful houses in Italy with the typical characteristics
Buying property in Italy is easy when you know the average house price

Average house price in Italy

How much does it cost to buy a house in Italy? The country is slowly getting back on its feet after a long and painful recession. The real estate market in Italy is recovering, with the number of property transactions growing, but housing prices are still well below their pre-recession levels.
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Housing market in Italy: what’s the picture for the biggest cities?

Property sales increased in major Italian cities in the first nine months of 2018, according to data from the research centre Centro Studi di Abitare Co., which analysed trends in the real estate market for new homes in the main Italian metropolitan cities (Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples, Genoa, Florenc
The most exclusive and expensive masserie on idealista

The best and most beautiful masserie in Italy

Once upon a time in southern Italy, specifically in Puglia in Salento, the masserie houses were a type of large, fortified farm owned by aristocrats and the local upper-middle Apulian classes. Today, these farmhouses in the Apulia region have become luxury properties and charming historical residen
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Housing prices in Italy fell 0.7% in August 2018

Average prices of second-hand homes in Italy fell by 0.7% month-on-month in August, to an average of 1,780 euro per square metre, according to the idealista housing price index. This decline is slightly lower than the 1.1% drop recorded in August 2017, while the year-on-year decline is 2.2 percenta