Housing types

If the beach isn’t your style, Italy’s mountains offer a wonderfully atmospheric alternative, especially now that winter has arrived.

Italy is a nation plagued by ageing and inefficient homes.

Where is the demand for houses for sale in Italy concentrated and what are the most requested property types? Thanks to an analysis by idealista/data, we're able to take a closer look at housing demand in Italy by number of contacts received per listing in Italian provinces.

On the small Italian island of Pantelleria, midway between Sicily and Tunisia, small stone constructions dot the landscape. They are a type of property unique to the island (though there are also some on nearby Lampedusa), traditional stone buildings that have stood for far longer than a millenium.

Prefabricated houses are rapidly gaining an increasing share of the market, including in Italy, in particular since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had its grip on Italy for over a year now, and during this period, the real estate market in the country has seen new ideas to cope with changing demands, fluctuating prices and reduced demand.

When it comes to property buying trends in Italy in 2020 and 2021, an analysis by the Tecnocasa Group's Studies Office has studied house sales made through its affiliated agencies, focusing on the percentage of sales of main residences, holiday homes and investment properties in Italy

During the last year, there has been a lot of curiosity in Italy about the "constructions of the future" (including those printed in 3D).

According to a study carried out by idealista, real estate investment in Italy is increasingly profitable, with the returns on renting out both residential and commercial property rising across the board.

There is a growing demand in Italy for mortgages and other loans by non-Italians, according to data from Facile.it and Mutui.it.

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

What with the current state of the property market, people these days are on the lookout for cheaper options for purchasing apartments or houses in Italy.

In Italy, there are many types of typical properties, from the baite to the cascine, passing through the traditional houses of Apulia like the trulli or the masserie.

Original article written by houzz You only have to walk through an Italian city or take a trip to the countryside to find abandoned offices, warehouses in disuse or buildings lost in a state of neglect.

If you have spare capital and would like to invest in property in Italy, there are certain aspects you should focus on.

Before… The Property Bubble: From 2000 to 2008, property prices rose 85% until in that last year they began to fall thanks to the global economic crisis. Prices continued falling for a full 8 years, dropping about 17% until 2016.

Italy offers many different types of properties compared with Britain. Before you start looking, you should be very clear on the following: Why are you buying? (holiday home, investment, somewhere to retire…) How will you spend your time there?