Central Catania costs a fraction of Paris or Rome per square metre and out-yields most EU capitals. The data, the costs and what to check before you buy.

Italy spent years with a patchwork of regional rental codes; then it added a national one on top. The CIN now follows your property everywhere — every listing, every advert, the building itself — and enforcement has teeth: fines in the thousands and listings removed by the platforms themselves. The short answer: the CIN (Codice Identificativo Nazionale) is Italy's national identification code for short-term and tourist rentals, mandatory across the country - occasional privat

The dream has a well-documented second act: you buy the house in Sicily, you enjoy it some glorious weeks a year, and then it sits there for forty-nine more, costing money, two thousand kilometres from your desk. There is a third act, and it doesn't require moving to Italy. The short answer: with Letstay full management, you block the weeks you want to live in your home and Letstay runs it as a premium rental for the rest of the year. Listings, dynamic pricing, guests, housek