Holiday home

Having a house by the sea is still a dream for Italians and expats alike, both as a holiday home for personal use and for investment purposes.

The beautiful Italian villa that forms the setting for Luca Guadignano’s Oscar-nominated 2017 film Call Me By Your Name is now on the market.

In 2018, according to data from Gate-away.com, over a million and a half foreigners searched for a home in Italy.

Living in Italy, just a few steps from the beach and in an authentic Italian house with loads of history? Easy! We have just the house for you. It’s an exclusive beachfront luxury villa for sale on the Riviera Apuana, just 3 miles from the centre of Forte dei Marmi.

The real estate research centre Re/Max Italia has produced a report analysing the second home market 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

Four people have been arrested in the Italian region of Pavia for renting non-existent holiday homes on the island of Elba, in San Teodoro and in Marina di Grosseto.

There’s always loads of legal stuff involved in buying any property, but as a foreigner in Italy you’ll have extra paperwork to do.

Seems like the whole world and his dog are looking for a property in the Mediterranean, if they haven’t bought one already. So what’s the big deal?

So you’ve decided to buy a house in Italy. Now what? What with everything being in Italian and the property market being so different, it can be quite daunting for first-time ex-pat buyers. Fear not!