Italian families looking for affordable housing: the best cities to buy or rent with low prices.

Brindisi province ranks sixth with 57.8%, followed by Massa (54.9%) and Sestri Levante (54%) in the province of Genoa. Jesolo and Courmayeur close this ranking respectively with 52.6% and 51.9% of the average family income.

Spezzano della Sila in the province of Cosenza is the least demanding family center, spending only 7.6% of the family income, among those reflected in this report. They are followed by 9 other cities whose spending remains well below ten percent of family income, ranging from 7.7% in Novi Ligure to 8.4% in Soresina and Mondovi, respectively in the provinces of Cremona and Cuneo.

The city of Rende, also in the province of Cosenza, is the least expensive place to buy: it represents 11.4% of the family income. In 4 other cities the costs are''less than 15%: Novi Ligure (Piedmont), Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta), Faenza (Ravenna) and Adria (Rovigo). The ranking of cities with the lowest purchase costs ends with Voghera (15.2%), Jesi (15.9%), Milazzo (16.2%), Francavilla-a-Mare (16.7%) and Castagneto Carducci, a city in the province of Livorno, with 16.8% of the average family income.

Higher and lower costs in the regions

The study also provides data on the markets that require the most and least effort in each region, both for sales and rentals.

Rent house in New York 26 511,00 $

USA,New York

4 Bedrooms

3 Bathrooms

190 м²

Sale house in Brooklyn 4 236 434,00 $

USA,Brooklyn

5 Bedrooms

6 Bathrooms

547 м²

Sale flat in New York 5 120 443,00 $

USA,New York

2 Bedrooms

2 Bathrooms

234 м²

Sale house in New York 2 650 682,00 $

USA,New York

2 Bedrooms

3 Bathrooms

223 м²

Sale flat in New York 7 060 985,00 $

USA,New York

2 Bedrooms

3 Bathrooms

196 м²

Sale flat in Bordeaux 1 025 380,00 $

France,Bordeaux

3 Bedrooms

1 Bathroom

137 м²

The differences in this case are very noticeable, as the most expensive market to buy in Forte dei Marmi (Lucca) is 78.2%, while the cheapest market in the Umbria region (Perugia) is 17%.

The difference in rents is also similar: 80.9% in''Pietrasante, inTuscany, compared to 14% in Matera or 24% in Soverato and Vasto, the most economically 'demanding' markets for Calabrian and Abruzzese families.

The percentage differences between places with less economic strain within individual regions show more moderate changes compared to markets that are more demanding for families looking to buy a home. For example, Rovereto in Trentino Alto Adige has the lowest rate at 23.7%, while Spezzano della Sila in Calabria has a minimum of 7.6%.

In the context of the rental market, the higher economic burden on families is again evident: in the regional ranking, percentages range from 11.7% in Renda, in the province of Cosenza, to 24.1% in the province of Trento, making''Trentino-Alto Adige the region with the highest initial rental costs and representing the highest threshold for access to rentals in Italy.

Methodology

The cost of effort measures the weight of a house on the purchasing power of families.

In the case of rent: it is the percentage of annual net family income that is allocated to renting a two-bedroom apartment in the neighborhood of interest. Rental prices are provided directly by idealista's data source, which processes values in all major markets. Family income data use annual net family income as reported in the tables of the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT).

In the case of purchase: this is the percentage of annual net family income (ISTAT) allocated to