Real-estate transactions in Italy
registered a 1.8% increase in 2014 on the previous year, after a
seven-year-long crisis, the internal revenue service said
Thursday.
The market also picked up 5.5% in the last quarter of 2014
from the same period in 2013, the service also said.
The highest number of real estate sales and acquisitions
were registered in the commercial sector - up 5.7% - followed by
the residential and industrial sectors - up 3.6%.
Overall, among Italian cities, Bologna in central Italy
registered the most significant increase in transactions - up
18.5% - followed by Genoa - up 15% - in the north-west.
The only city to record a decrease in real estate
transactions was Naples in the south, where market fell 3.7%.
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