Housing prices

The pandemic in Italy led to an increase in smart working, resulting in more people choosing digital nomad lifestyle. But in which city is it most comfortable to live like this?

Arezzo offers a wide range of opportunities, both for those wishing to relocate for work and for those seeking a quiet place to spend their retirement. The city offers a perfect balance between the ancient and the modern, with a strong sense of community and a high quality of life.

Are Italians increasingly lonely? Looking at the data, it would seem so. In Italy, one family in three is made up of what ISTAT defines as 'single people', totalling 8,364,000 individuals, 14% of the population, including singles, separates and widowers who have never remarried.

The latest real found that the average selling price of used homes in May 2023 is EUR 1,858/m2 (+1.9 per cent year-on-year). This figure is part of a context in which inflation and mortgage interest rates are also rising, making it more complicated for Italian households to purchase real estate.

How many years do you have to work to buy a house in Milan? How many in Rome, Florence or Bolzano?

According to the latest Economic Survey on the Housing Market in Italy, covering the first quarter of 2023, conducted by Bankitalia, Tecnoborsa and the Agenzia delle Entrate (Inland Revenue), inflation trends will continue to have a negative impact on demand for housing.

House prices and inflation are a hot topic in Italy in 2023. Despite a slight slowdown, the inflation rate in Italy is still high according to the latest ISTAT survey for February 2023. The consumer price index, in fact, shows a year-on-year increase of 9.1 per cent.

According to recent Istat data on inflation in Italy in 2023, more precisely in February, the national consumer price index for the entire population increased by 0.2% on a monthly basis and 9.1% on an annual basis, compared to 10.0% in the previous month.

Calculating the value of real estate in Italy is a must if you are planning to sell your home or if you need to know the tax base for property taxes.

Thanks to a report by idealista/data on the listings published on Italy's leading real estate portal, idealista, it has been possible to rank the Italian towns that generated the most leads (email contacts and shares) per listing and those where the average final sale price is highest.