Italy
Italy - One of few "second home destinations" in Europe
Italy is one of the few “second home destinations” in europe that has a strong local domestic market which creates stability in the property field. Newer countries to the property market may not be able to offer this desired property climate.
Buying abroad and you need income?
The British are emigrating in record numbers according to recent research with 1.8 million leaving the country since 1997.
Live the splendour of Florence
Knight Frank is delighted to announce its involvement in Palazzo Tornabuoni, the Florentine Renaissance palazzo and former home of Pope Leo XI of the powerful Medici family, which opens in the Summer of 2008 as Europe’s first city-centre Private Residence Club.
Freddy Krueger brings horror to Calabria
Robert ‘Freddy Krueger’ Englund who rose to fame as the razor-handed killer in the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ horror film series, is to shoot his own spine-chilling movie entirely on location in Calabria the Calabria Film Foundation announced this month.
Tuscan Riviera apartments just 20 minutes from Pisa
RealPoint Property are pleased to be marketing ‘Villa Regina Elena’ apartments on the Tuscan Riviera, an area which one could argue, was one of the first ‘health spas’ to be founded.
Calabria, affordable Italy and it's good for your health
Calabria is the birthplace of iconic fashion designer, Gianni Versace and Dean Martin sang about the inhabitants (Calabrese) in his famous song ‘Mambo Italiano’.
Original customs house transformed into luxury apartments
RealPoint Property are now pleased to bring to the market ‘Roja Valley’ a unique refurbishment from an original customs house marking the French/Italian border into 10 luxury appointed apartments.
Santa Teresa Gallura an attractive investment opportunity
Changes in building regulations in Sardinia have recently been announced. These new planning laws mean that no new developments can be built within 2 km of the coast ensuring that Sardinia retains its natural beauty and doesn’t over develop.
Matilde di Canossa award winning golf, spa and hotel resort
RealPoint Property is delighted to bring to the market Matilde di Canossa an award winning golf, spa and hotel resort in Italy that has been designed by an international group of architects selected from the Alumni of The Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture.
Prime Tuscany at affordable prices
Savills International has recently launched an 18 unit farmhouse conversion of an 18th Century Tuscan Borgo. Set in 200 acres of Tuscan hill-tops, the estate is located just 20 miles south-east of Siena.
Stunning 13th Century Italian villages launches latest eOffice
Italy's first internet village, Colletta Di Castelbianco has once again broken new ground by launching an innovative and stylish business centre which has just had its inauguration.
Cefalu, Sicily - A medieval town welcomes new developments
A recent report has highlighted just how much the Italian property market has been transformed in recent years.
Montalcino, Italy - Follow in the footsteps of the stars
Montalcino has long been associated with the stars, with regular visitors including Anthony Hopkins, Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone, Mel Gibson and Royalty topping the list. These big names in conjunction with the recognition earlier this year that Montalcino has now become a world heritage site by UNESCO, is paving the way for property development.
Perfection in Potenza Picena
Le Marche is being heralded as the alternative Tuscany, and with good reason. Located on the Eastern coast, this is an agricultural region of rolling countryside, mostly unspoilt, with 180 km of Adriatic coastline.
Perfectly preserved water mill in Emilia Romagna
RealPoint Property is pleased to bring to the market one of the few remaining water mills in the Bolognese Apennines that has been preserved. Dating from the 15th Century the mill retains all of its original mill stones and mechanisms including the water wheel.