Prices of empty turnkey dwellings start as low as €7,500 ($9,000). Most are in the range of €10,000-€13,000.
The sale is part of Mayor Gianfilippo Mignogna’s mission to save his ailing hometown from the grave after years of people leaving to pursue jobs in Italy’s cities or abroad, mainly to the United States. The slow exodus has taken a toll on a population that peaked at 5,000 in the 1950s.
He says he now wants to recover the buildings they left behind.
Cute homes

Biccari’s mayor says many of the homes it has for sale are ready to occupy.
Courtesy Comune Biccari
“One day I was wandering through the old center, and it struck me how so many cute little homes in a perfect shape had been shut for years, tucked away in silent alleys, with signs ‘for rent or sale’ that nobody sees.
“I thought the best way was to involve those no-longer interested owners to sell them right off.”











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