If you've ever dreamt of having your own place in the sun to retreat to, or rent out while you're not there for a bit of extra cash, then we have some good news. A town in on the Italian island of ...

An Italian town is selling homes for €1 each - or about 85p - in an effort to get people to move there. Bivona on the island of Sicily has seen its population fall to just 3,800 - roughly half as many ...

Local officials on southern Italy’s island of Sicily have put dozens of hilltop homes on the market for €1 ($A1.60). Yes, that translates to just over one ...

With property prices in the UK out of reach for many first-time buyers, and homeowners dreaming of a second pad in the sun, the idea of snapping up an Italian casa for 86p is intoxicating. Several ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Where On the outskirts of Scicli, a small Baroque town. Modica, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is a half-hour ...