Getting Started
Within this section of the website you’ll find information that will help to get started. Find out
why buying an Italian property is a good idea. Learn tips on how to plan, what actions to
take and how to take them. In addition to reading the articles in this area please make sure to
visit all the other property journey steps including: Italian financials, Italian properties,
Italian legalities, moving to Italy and settling in to Italy. Each section has
valuable information and it’s a good idea to get an overview even if you’re not planning on a
purchase anytime soon.
Italy's property market in 2012
11th January 2012 - 10:24
Despite the current economic crisis, property purchases in Italy by
foreign nationals are expected to remain reasonably buoyant in 2012,
especially during the first six months of the year.
Reasons for this prediction include:
Two of the countries worst affected by the Eurozone crisis, Spain and
Greece, have long been extremely popular destinations for Northern
Europeans, amongst others, wishing to purchase property abroad. Now, with
their futures as part of the
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Helping family and pets move to Italy
17th November 2011 - 06:10
Moving to Italy may be your lifelong dream, but are you absolutely sure it
is a dream shared by the immediate family members who may be moving out
there with you? It may be as well to make very sure you and your loved ones
are singing from the same song sheet before you take that definitive
step…
Partners: If you are moving to Italy in order to work, will your partner
also be in a position to find employment and/or other activities? If they
are not quite as convinced
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Getting started in Italy
5th October 2011 - 07:16
I fell in love with Italy when I was twelve, during a short holiday in
Florence.
Florence does not really hold any obvious attractions for a child of that
age, but I was hooked: the winding majesty of the Arno, the intriguing
Ponte Vecchio with its ornate jewellery shops and mysterious corridors -
incorporated to whisk the ruling Medici family from the Uffizi to the
Palazzo Pitti, - the ground-breaking structure of Brunelleschi’s
Duomo.
I loved the sights,
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How and where to research about start to finish process
24th August 2011 - 04:08
When the idea of moving to Italy first starts to become a very real
possibility in your mind, then the time has most certainly come to
transform yourself into an information-gatherer extraordinaire.
Whether it is property, investment, location, schools, employment or
healthcare, it is vital that you find out as much as you possible can
before you up sticks and move.
There is a lot of information out there, but it is important not to stick
just to one source; if it is
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It is possible, and you can do it
13th July 2011 - 05:00
So you have fallen in love with Italy. Well, you are certainly not alone
there.
But the slowly dawning realisation that a holiday or two a year in this
wonderful country no longer suffices to feed your growing love affair,
suddenly presents you with a whole new set of issues to confront. Not least
of which will be the feelings of fear and trepidation of what may lie
ahead:
Can I really do this?
Am I truly prepared enough to wave goodbye to my family,
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