The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed UPDATE: Under 36? Here's how Italy plans to help you buy a house Italy's government has announced that young people hoping to get on the property ladder can apply for the 'first home bonus' from June, a scheme offering tax cuts and help with mortgages. https://www.thelocal.it/20210521/under-36-heres-how-italy-plans-to-help-you-buy-a-house Fri, 21 May 2021 15:08:09 +0200 under-36-heres-how-italy-plans-to-help-you-buy-a-house Why this Brit is selling off his idyllic Italian home in a raffle Italy is one of the few places in Europe where property prices are falling. Writer John Henderson meets one English family who came up with a novel way to beat the market: raffling off their cottage in rural Abruzzo. https://www.thelocal.it/20190315/win-a-house-in-italy-abruzzo-brit-selling-off-italian-home-in-a-raffle Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:48:06 +0100 win-a-house-in-italy-abruzzo-brit-selling-off-italian-home-in-a-raffle