Selling properties to foreigners

Selling properties to foreigners on Italian territory is a growing phenomenon: there are many people abroad who wish to own a holiday home or who decide to invest in income-generating properties in Italy.

Despite the interesting opportunity, trading with foreign buyers requires in-depth knowledge of the sector to overcome any critical issues that may arise. Expertise RE is a real estate operator that also deals with the sale of properties to foreign customers. It is important to rely on an intermediary to follow the sale and complete a negotiation without problems.

Transparency, seriousness and reliability are the essential characteristics for approaching the potential buyer, knowing the phases of purchasing a property in Italy and providing technical and bureaucratic assistance, to be sure of selling a proper property.

Furthermore, our agency relies on a network of selected high-profile agents present in Italy, who share our professional values and who can guarantee the optimization of the times necessary to achieve the objectives. We approach the foreign user by setting targeted marketing strategies and studying the customer profile. Visit the English version of our site.

Selling your house to foreigners

According to statistics, those looking for a home in Italy are mostly Germans, French, English, Americans, Russians, Belgians, Swiss and Dutch. Demands from Canadians, Australians and Chinese are also growing. Sicily is among the most sought after regions, together with Tuscany, Puglia, Liguria and Sardinia. The profile of the foreign buyer in Italy is women between 40 and 65 or men between 55 and 65, with high qualifications. The properties searched for, for the most part, are luxury apartments or villas with swimming pool and garden, while interest is growing in homes to renovate or noble residences located in tourist cities: Taormina, Syracuse, seaside resorts, farmhouses on Etna. What attracts foreign buyers to Sicily and Italy is the image of our country on the outside, combined with the quality of life, the climate, food and wine and cultural offer, together with the opportunity to make a good deal.

Real estate investments in Italy by foreign investors

Foreigners who decide to buy income-generating properties in Italy are also growing. The focus is on income-generating properties rented to primary companies with long-term contracts and minimal risk. According to reports from BNP Paribas Re, Cbre and Prelios, in 2019 there was a record entry of foreign capital into Italy in the real estate sector amounting to 12 billion euros, up 37% on 2018. 73% of the capital invested in Italy they are foreigners. The management and office sector leads the preferences of investors, totaling 5 billion euros, up 47% compared to the volume of the previous year. Record also for hotels, not only for investment volumes, but also for variety of operations and investors, with total investments of 3.3 billion euros.

Expertise Re is a real estate agency specialized in the sale and rental of entire buildings, commercial premises and offices, industrial properties, and income properties.

It also has the skills in the study and analysis of intervention plans aimed at the disposal and redevelopment of properties according to specific needs and objectives.

We believe that only by starting from specific needs can we identify the most suitable real estate investment solutions.

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