Real estate market in Liguria
Seaside Areas where there are more holiday homes search
Casa.it 25 giugno 2024
"Casa.it has analyzed the searches of the houses for sale and for rent in the tourist areas by the sea between January and May 2024 and has drawn up the ranking of the first ten where you look for more houses.
The seaside areas where people have made more holiday homes search in this early part of the year is Sanremo (IM). In second place we find Scalea (CS) and in third place Viareggio (LU).
Anzio (RM), the fifth Chiavari (GE), the sixth Terracina (LT), the seventh Rapallo (GE), the eighth Giugliano in Campania (NA), the ninth Fiumicino (RM), the tenth Quartu Sant'Elena (CA).
Searches for houses for sale
We have searched more houses for sale in Scalea (CS), followed by Sanremo (IM) and Viareggio (LU). In fourth place is Anzio (RM), fifth Terracina (LT), sixth Rapallo (GE), seventh Quartu Sant'Elena (CA), eighth Monopoli (BA), ninth Chiavari (GE) and tenth Piombino (LI)...."
Imperia is the favorite among foreigners looking to buy a house
Ansa 16 maggio 2023
"The province of Imperia, among those from Liguria, the most sought after by foreigners who want to buy a house in Italy and at the top of the list of interested there are the Austrians, followed by Germans, French and Swiss. This is said by the real estate report on Liguria of Gate-away.com, the Italian portal dedicated to foreign buyers looking for a home in Italy, based on the requests received in the first quarter of 2023 from foreign users while they are in Italy.
The greater number of demands, 42.1% has arrived exactly for Imperia, continuation from Savona (24.9%), Genoa (21%) and La Spezia (11.8%). The most numerous are ready to spend only up to 100 thousand euros (34.2% of requests) but there is also an 11% who is willing to pay over 1 million euros. In between are the bands between 100 and 250 thousand euros (28%), 250-500 thousand euros (18.5%) and 500 thousand-1 million euros (8%).
Foreigners are mainly looking for apartments (29.2% of the total), but also villas (15.6% of the total, on the rise) and the garden is particularly welcome (51%). Most of the requests for houses in Liguria came from the Austrians (21%), followed by Germany and France respectively at 19.5% and 9%, and increased requests from Switzerland (7%).
As for Genoa, the demand for houses comes mainly from the USA, 26%, Germany 12% and Switzerland 9%. They are foreigners looking for an apartment mainly in the Municipality of Genoa (24%) and in Portofino (19%), but also in the hinterland, in Valbrevenna (8%) and in Tiglieto (7%). Many are interested in Rapallo (6.5%), and also Chiavari, Santa Margherita, Lumarzo and Camogli. The majority, 39%, would like an apartment under 100 thousand euros, which would not seem easy to find, but there is a 25% willing to pay over 1 million euros..."
Austrians, Belgians and Australians: boom of foreigners looking for a home in Liguria
Primocanale 26 Giugno 2024
"Liguria is becoming increasingly popular with foreigners. The confirmation comes not only from the number of visitors but also from the data of the real estate market. According to the analyses to search house in Liguria are more and more Americans, Germans and French. But the peak of demands in these first six months of the year comes from Austria, Belgium and Australia. Among the most dynamic areas from this point of view there is above all the Gulf of Tigullio with 16.8% of the requests on the total of the January-June 2024 period. While the area that has grown more than the same period last year is the Lunigiana with a +17.3%.
The greatest demands coming from foreigners for the sale concern the houses that have a value up to 100 thousand euros and to be sought are above all the apartments, possibly already renovated. According to the latest report of Gate-away.com, specialized site of the sector, to attract foreign tourists to buy home are the cultural heritage and scenic beauty of Liguria.
Among the provinces Imperia is the most sought after with a 38.76% of requests, followed by Genoa with 29.6%, Savona with 19.6% and La Spezia with 11.9%. As for the Municipalities, the preferences reward Portofino (GE) with 13.2% of the total requests. They follow Sanremo (IM) with 6.6%, Bordighera (IM) with 4.3%, Ceriana (IM) with 3.7%. But where does the sale materialize more? In first place there is Dolceacqua followed by Bordighera and Sanremo..."
The greatest interest comes from US citizens with a 21. % of total requests. Then there is Germany with 15.7% of preferences, France with 8.9% of requests and the United Kingdom with 6.4%. The best result in terms of rise compared to the same period of 2023 was obtained by Austria with +65%, followed by Belgium with +38.26% a/a and Australia with +34%..."
Holiday homes, demand boom: +280% a year
Genova Today 25 gennaio 2023
"With the stock market not experiencing one of its best moments, between increases in raw materials and war in Ukraine, a good form of investment, for those looking for it, could be to buy a holiday home to rent in Liguria. The reason is soon said: in the third trimester 2022 the increment of the searches for accommodations in all the Liguria has been pairs to +280% regarding the year precedence.
A well-known portal, author of a recent research, speaks of 'Sanremo effect'. The confirmation of the desire to visit the city of flowers and the villages of the Riviera del Ponente (and not only) comes from data released by Airbnb, the platform for sharing accommodation. Already in the third quarter of 2022 the search for accommodation in Sanremo for the dates of the Festival marked a +800% compared to the previous year. The Sanremo effect is confirmed by the peak of searches for dates from 7 to 11 February: 4 times more than the previous week for the city.
In addition to being a solution increasingly appreciated by travelers, home tourism has a fundamental role for destinations and, at a time as complex economic as the current, even for the owners of the house. On the one hand, the possibility of staying in an apartment helps to manage the incoming flows at national events, on the other hand the extra revenue generated is a breath of fresh air for families. According to Codacons estimates, in fact, this year Italians will have to deal with increases exceeding 2,400 euros for each household, while in the summer of 2022 alone the Italian host type has earned 2,700 euros.
"Hospitality in the home is a help for the most intimate destinations, but they are in the middle of events with a strong appeal of visitors, as Sanremo - said Giacomo Trovato, Country Manager of Airbnb Italy -. In addition...."
