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Chances are you’ve seen the stories promising that you can move to Italy, live la Dolce Vita, and get paid to do it. Thanks to incentivized moves, ex-pats have been reviving depopulated villages across Italy, living amid sheep-grazing fields, olive groves, and charming hamlets. Whether lured by the promise of cheap rentals, not paying property taxe...

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This 15th century castle set in the Tuscan countryside has an enduring place in the history of Florence, Italy. The Cavalcanti Castle was constructed around 1427 by a descendant of Guido Cavalcanti, a renowned poet and friend of writer-philosopher Dante Alighieri. When the castle was built there were no notable figures within the still-prominent fa...

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Sicily, Italy’s biggest island, oozes the dolce vita of sunny seaside days and sumptuous food. And now another small town is making the dream of living there a possibility. Petralia Soprana, located southeast of the capital Palermo, is offering cash incentives for new residents. The town council hopes the scheme will boost the dwindling population...

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A woman has bought three houses in Italy for just one euro each and intends to retire to the Mediterranean country. Rubia Daniels flew out to Mussomeli, Sicily, within days of hearing about the "one euro home" scheme, launched to help fill up abandoned properties, in 2019. The 49-year-old bought three run-down historic fixer-uppers and paid just €3...

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If you’ve ever aspired to live in a 15th-century palazzo befit for a famed polymath, have I got news for you. According to a new report from Travel + Leisure, a historic, three-story property in the Italian city of Bologna has just hit the market. The kicker? It’s rumored to have been Leonardo da Vinci’s last home in Italy before he moved to France...

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It’s often hard to imagine those who moulded the world into what we know now as humans who ate, slept and… er, you know. Take Leonardo da Vinci. The original Renaissance man, this Italian polymath changed the worlds of art, engineering, science and architecture during his 67 years on Earth. Guy painted the damn Mona Lisa, for crying out loud. But w...

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If you have always dreamt of purchasing a house in Italy, you may have started looking at real estate listings, imagining your new life in the Bel Paese. However, many potential buyers, especially foreigners, feel disoriented when they approach the Italian real estate market for the first time. We at Italian Real Estate Lawyers are here to help you...

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Interest in investing in Italy's villages and small towns is emerging as a major real estate trend for 2023. And as one of the most convenient and profitable portfolio choices. One indicator of this trend is ITS Lending, Italy's only real estate lending crowdfunding platform dedicated to the regeneration of Italian villages and historic centers, wh...

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Buying and renovating a home in Italy was something Doug and Leah Johnson had often dreamed about. The couple, who are based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, say they’d sometimes go to view houses while vacationing in the European country. But splashing out on a property there hadn’t seemed like a viable option until Doug came across a listing for a 1...

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The dollar is strong against the euro and the pound, and the real estate market in the U.S. is still prohibitively expensive. Those realities have convinced many Americans to consider buying vacation homes in Europe instead of in the United States. And if you’re dreaming of a vacation home in Europe, it’s hard to imagine a better place than Italy,...

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