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How to Buy a Luxury Property in Italy – Part 4: The Stages of the Transaction

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Once you have defined the luxury property in Italy that you wish to buy, the buying process consists of two or three key steps that we will describe below: The Offer to Buy If the buyer has found the property through an agency they will usually be asked to sign an Offer to Buy (so [...]

How to buy a luxury property in Italy – Part 2: The selection process

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Preliminary activities The process of buying a luxury property in Italy is rather articulated and is comprised of varies bureaucratic procedures. For this reason, to avoid some pitfalls along the way, we recommend that you carry out some preliminary activities before starting to view properties: Photo Credit: Galina Mikhalishina/ Shutterstock 1. Choosing a notary The notary [...]

How to buy a luxury property in Italy – Part 1: Introducing the market

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Despite a slight drop in prices in most of the well-known areas (on average -5 to -10% according to various sources) and a sharp drop in property transactions in the first half of 2012 (with peaks of over 30%, mostly in the second home market) Italy remains one of the main European markets for the [...]