Guide for buyers

Buying a home in South Tyrol

Residents' restriction, land register, second homes: buying here has its own rules. What to know before you sign.

  1. First: work out what you are allowed to buy

    In this province this step comes before the budget, and buyers from outside almost always skip it. Part of the housing stock is reserved by law for people who live or work here, and in some municipalities new dwellings cannot be second homes. Knowing this first means searching among the right properties; learning it afterwards means losing a deposit.

  2. Then: check the property, not just view it

    The land register extract says who owns the property and what encumbers it; the floor plan says whether what you saw matches what is recorded; the CasaClima certificate says what it will cost to heat. Three documents, read in an afternoon, and the difference between buying a property and buying a problem.

  3. Finally: sign knowing what you are signing

    Between the accepted offer and the keys there is a deposit, a preliminary contract and a deed, and each of the three protects or exposes the buyer depending on how it is written. Here there is one step more than in the rest of Italy: until the deed is entered in the land register, the property is not yet yours.

Guides for buying a home in South Tyrol

The residents' restriction, the land register, taxes: what is worth knowing before you buy or sell.

Restricted housing: who may buy it and live in it

The buyer's costs: tax, notary and commission

Buying a second home in South Tyrol without living there

The land register and the day the home becomes yours

Mortgage and timing: how long it actually takes

Offer, deposit and preliminary contract: the buyer's protections

The CasaClima class: what it tells a buyer

Seven checks to make before you buy

Where we work

The rules are province-wide; the market changes from area to area.

Note

This guide is general information written by an estate agency. It does not replace advice from a notary, an accountant or the surveyor handling the property. The rules cited are those in force at the date of publication.

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