The Umbrian branch of our firm has opened in Acquasparta, in the Province of Terni, with a Real Estate Office to assist Italian and foreign clients in buying or selling property.
The Knight Frank agency, which specialises in prestige properties, has seen a surge of interest especially from Americans and British, making 2021 the best year in a decade. Even Sotheby's reported having sold more houses in the first eight months of 2021 than in the whole of 2019, with growth reaching +74%. Thanks to these numbers, Italy has overtaken France and Spain as the preferred destination to buy a second home.
The most popular destinations for the British and Americans are Umbria and Tuscany and, for this reason, we decided to open an ad hoc office in Acquasparta, in order to better assist our clients, also through a proximity operation.
Our firm already has more than twenty years of knowledge and experience in the real estate sector, both in the judicial field and in the most varied types of real estate transactions, matured through the action of the Palermo office both in Sicily and throughout Italy. We have been approached by foreigners who have fallen in love with our country and have decided to move or purchase a second home. We have also followed heirs in the sale of properties received from Italian relatives.
We assist clients in transactions involving the purchase or sale of real estate, in the drafting and negotiation of relevant contracts (property management or service agreements and lease agreements) with reference to different market segments (residential, office and commercial, hotels, shopping centres and other types).
We provide targeted advice and assistance to individuals and companies in the sale, purchase and management of real estate properties in Italy from the negotiation and preliminary verification phase (title, urban and cadastral situation of the property) to the conclusion of the final contract and post-sale activity (lease agreements, administration). To this end, we collaborate with other professionals - notaries, surveyors, architects and accountants - providing comprehensive and coordinated advice and assistance in order to facilitate and simplify every stage of the buying and selling process for the benefit of our clients, especially foreign ones.
Often, buying real estate in Italy for foreigners, due to the excessive bureaucracy and the complexity of the system, might seem a daunting prospect. From this consideration, the idea of accompanying clients all the way.
What we offer our clients:
o requesting the tax code for foreign clients
o coordination with the technician in charge of ascertaining the urban and cadastral conformity of the property and drawing up a technical report
o drafting and assistance in signing powers of attorney in Italy and abroad
o translation of documents to Italian, English and French
o verification of the possibility of access to mortgages
o viewings and access to the competent offices to verify the property title and ascertain the presence of mortgages or other constraints
o negotiation and drafting of the preliminary purchase and sale contract
o assistance in drawing up the final contract and the mortgage contract before the notary
o assistance in opening bank or postal current accounts
o conclusion of renovation contracts and lease contracts