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Tracey Meagher

Free Article : Establishing A Career When You Move to Italy

PropertyAuthors.com have added a 20 page article freely available in pdf format on finding and establishing a career in Italy. The comprehensive article is written by Jo Parfitt, author of Career in Your Suitcase and is packed full of useful information and resources. Whether you're established in a career or are looking to create a new career or income source when you move to Italy, this article will have you thinking about yourself and your skills in ways you never imagined. Download it here or read more details here.

Buying Property in Italy .. How about Veneto?

Thinking of buying property in Italy? PropertyAuthors have just added a full colour detailed article on the relatively undiscovered Veneto region. It's availabe free of charge in pdf format. The article was written by the Properties in Italy team. It gives fantastic insight into the Veneto region, a region as yet undiscovered by the hordes of overseas investors buying property in Italy. Veneto has every bit as much to offer as the more popular Tuscany and Umbria and maybe a bit more! Becuase the secret of Veneto is not quite out yet it is possible to pick property in this region for far less than you would in the more established destinations.

For those considering buying property in Italy, a read of the Veneto overview is a must. Click here to download the free guide

To view property in Veneto visit the Properties in Italy website.

Also watch out for PropertyAuthors Blue Sky Guide to Buying Property in Italy, a full colour ebook freely available at the PropertyAuthors website in June!

Italian Vacation Rental Prices Falling

Italian Vacation Rentals announces that for the first time in two decades, prices of Italian vacation rental properties are beginning to level off or decline. In a market that is accustomed to large seasonal increases, this is good news for cost-conscious travelers but not such good new for those looking to make rental yeilds pay for their investment.

Through the past two decades, the selection of fine quality vacation rentals has grown due to the availability of suitable villas and farmhouses throughout the country. But because of the even greater demand through online rental companies, the prices have risen quickly throughout the 1990s and the early part of this decade.

There are signs that this trend is now beginning to change. It may be too soon to declare that the inventory has outgrown the demand, but this choice selection of comfortable accommodations is becoming a bit more of a buyer’s market instead of the other way around.

“There is no question that Americans are now returning to all parts of Europe following the hard times of the past few years,” said Jim Broyles, Vice President of Gira! Italian Vacation Rentals.

“Italy is popular for a multitude of reasons, and we are delighted to see so many Americans planning trips there for anything from honeymoons to family reunions. There are more multi-week trips being planned, and they are booking accommodations in a broad range of prices,” he continued.

However, this alone is not sufficient to affect the prices of villas because there are other trends apart from this that are leaving some vacation properties with significant vacancy rates through the busy seasons.

The most important of these trends has to do with the European economy itself, which has stalled in recent years. French and German summer travelers have traditionally made up a huge segment of Italy’s tourist market, and this client base has shrunk significantly in the past two years.

Because of this softening of demand, most villa owners and rental management companies have announced very moderate price increases for 2005, with some properties actually posting lower weekly rental prices. In Tuscany, where 10-20% year-to-year increases were very common, the average price change for 2005 is about 6%.

“Of course in the very popular areas such as the Cinque Terre, which is still being discovered by so many travelers, prices are moving higher a bit more quickly,” said Broyles. “Some luxury properties in other areas are in short supply and have moved up as well. But the good news is that cost-conscious travelers now have some very good opportunities in the middle price range, especially if they are willing to visit some regions off the beaten track. Umbria remains the best kept secret in Italy, and our Umbria Specialties Catalog is priced about where it was in 2004.”


For rentals in Italy visit Italy Rentals

Eating your way through Emilia-Romagne

I found this article while browsing on Fodors.com It makes a good read. And for all those gastronomy enthusiasts out there, Emilia-Romange could be just the place to consider for that new holiday home ....

Emilia, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna

Gourmets the world over claim that Emilia-Romagna's greatest contribution to civilization has been gastronomical. It's hard to disagree after your first bite into the silkiest prosciutto in the world or the most subtly delectable homemade tortellini you've ever tasted.
Emilia (the western half of the region) is better known for its food than Romagna, its Adriatic neighbor. As such, this food tour, which lasts 7-11 days, focuses on Emilia, taking you along the Autostrada del Sole highway (A1). Or, if you prefer, you can take the ancient Roman road, the Via Emilia, a more scenic road that runs parallel to the Autostrada, past flat, foggy plains, giant food factories, and crumbling farmhouses. The tour's capital, so to speak, is its last stop, Bologna, one of the true food capitals of the world......

Read on at this link

Sample Trulli for Sale

A Trulli for sale €90,000 

For those who are not familiar with the Trulli, I've posted this one for sale with Apulia.co.uk

A Trulli in Puglia?

Puglia really has something different to offer in terms of architecture in the charming Trulli. Trulli are circular, conical-roofed white-washed houses built of stone without any use of mortar and are becoming very popular with buyers looking for affordable holiday homes in Italy. The Trulli really is an architectural anomaly with pinnacle roofs often painted with astrological or religious symbols. There is some uncertainty about thier origins but the concentration of Trulli houses is in and around Alberobello.

Below are links to some agents who have Trulli to offer:

Apulia.co.uk
Athomeinpuglia

Free Legal Information on Buying a House in Italy

As promised, though a little late, I'm posting a link to a free publication outlining the best way to approach the legal aspects of buying a property. It's a quality publication that could spare you the fatal mistakes that many foregin buyers in Italy encounter.

You'll can download it here or by going to the propertyauthors website . Enjoy!

Bargain Property in Veneto Region of Italy

Absolute Bargain! 

This has to be one of the best renovation bargain properties on the market in Italy. For €150,000 you get five different rustic houses to restore and 10,000 sq. m. of land. It's set in beutiful Barbona, south of the Euganean Hills. It's a dream property for anybody looking for to a way into the holiday rentals market. Though there's no denying it would take oodles of money to restore! Nevertheless, for those who have the vision, this is one that's well worth taking time out to see! You can view more photos of the property
here at the propertiesinitaly website. Though I expect this one will go quickly!