Can you still buy a house in Italy for 1 euro in Italy in 2024? The answer is a definite yes, with 1 euro houses in Italy still stealing the headlines this year. As Italy's abandoned villages continue in their quest to repopulate, new schemes are also emerging. And after the success of 1 euro homes for sale listings in 2023, in 2024, many more Ital...

Can I still buy a house in Sicily for 1 euro? Buying a 1 euro house in Italy has never been more popular and today we're focusing on one particular region where a large number of the 1 euro homes for sale listings can be found in 2024: Sicily. 1 euro houses for sale in Sicily in 2023 were hot a hot topic and 2024 is no different.  The repopulation...

In 2017, Mussomeli, a quaint town in Sicily, launched an innovative program offering homes for just one euro to combat depopulation and revitalize the local economy. Toti Nigrelli, the deputy mayor, recently revealed the initiative's striking success, with nearly 95% of the available homes sold in five years, attracting a diverse group of new resid...

The stately Washington, D.C., building that houses the National Italian American Foundation is ready to be transformed into a lavish personal residence. The 7,800-square-foot property—officially known as the Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Building, after the former U.S. envoy to Italy—has been owned by the foundation for the past 30 years, according t...

Buying a house in a small Italian town was not something I had in mind when I initially arrived in Italy in 2015 as a graduate student. As someone who enjoys big cities, I was all about the Milans and Johannesburgs of the world at the time. The bigger and more chaotic the town, the better. But in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic tested my affection for...

After living in Manhattan for more than two decades and New Jersey for five years, Charles “Chuck” H. Stevens and Berardino “Ben” Di Rienzo were ready for something new. The US couple, who’ve been together for around 37 years and married for 12, say they felt as though they were spending most of their time working to keep up their lifestyles and so...

For many, Italy is a dream vacation destination. For others, they dream of moving there. Lorrah Minton made her relocation dream a reality. In March, Minton bought a home in Mussomeli, Italy, a town near Sicily, for 57,000 euros, or about $62,000. She owns three properties in Sicily and is closing on a fourth this month. She now helps others plan t...

In the past few years, the Italian real estate market has been attracting millions of potential buyers and investors who are fascinated by Italy’s culture, landscapes and cuisine, among many other factors. One of the first questions that investors ask when they approach the Italian real estate market is: how much does it cost to purchase or rent a...

Stephanie Synclair was on her own "Eat, Pray, Love" journey in 2012 when she first visited the place that would become her second home. Synclair was newly into her entrepreneur era, having quit a 10-year corporate marketing career to become a consultant and work for herself. "I knew it was time to quit corporate America when I was sick of people te...

Each morning for the past month, Brian has been waking to the deep peace of the Italian countryside and a view through the olive trees of a hilltop village in the distance. It is a very different start to his day than his previous routine when he lived in Oregon. Along with his wife Beth, Brian is realising a dream that has been a long time coming....