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Among the cities of Central Italy, Rome and Florence are at the top of the preferences of foreigners wishing to purchase luxury homes in Italy. This figure emerges from a survey conducted by LuxuryEstate.com, a leading real estate portal in the luxury sector and partner of Immobiliare.it. Looking at the national ranking, first place goes to Milan (chosen by 19%), then follows almost on a par with Rome (18.6%), and further behind are Florence (7.6%) and Venice (5.6%).
In Central Italy, the choices of foreigners looking for luxury homes are concentrated not only in Latium and Tuscany, but also, albeit more detached, in Emilia-Romagna and Umbria.
In the analysis within individual regions, in Lazio 94% of searches are in Rome, followed at a very long distance by a location in the Castelli Romani such as Genzano di Roma (1.3%). Slightly less polarised is the situation in Tuscany: 50% of searches are in Florence, followed at a distance by Forte dei Marmi (6.4%), Siena (6.1%), Lucca (5.5%) and Pisa (2.2%). Forte dei Marmi, by the way, remains the most expensive location in Italy for seaside homes: 10,000 euro per square metre at a walking distance from the beach, which drops (slightly) to 8,681 euro per square metre if you walk more than 5 minutes from the sea.
The situation in Emilia-Romagna is even more balanced. Bologna has a 35.8% share of choices in the region, followed by Rimini (18.2%), Parma (12.3%) and Modena (8.3%). In Umbria, preferences are more distributed, with Perugia standing out, but only with 29% of the choices.
Looking at the origin of foreigners looking for luxury homes, in all regions the Germans top the list, with a percentage ranging from 18.1 in Umbria to 12.2% in Lazio. This is followed by the French and Poles. Americans and Brazilians stand out among the non-EU nationalities.
