Italy is one of the advanced countries with the highest number of home owners.
In fact in the Belpaese the 70,8% of Italian families owns the house where he lives, the 20,5% live for rent and 8.7% have a house in usufruct or free of charge.
The investigation into the financial statements of the Italian families of Bankitalia It tells us almost all of the richest families (the 91,7%) owns its home, while it is only the 35% of the poorest families. Half of poor families, the 47% lives for rent, The remaining part is made up of inhabitants with "other title".
According to a Censis study One Italian out of four has a second home even if in a municipality other than that of residence. In many cases it is the "home to the country" inherited by grandparents and/or parents. But the study also tells us that families with a higher income have more access to the second home (the 40%), only 2% of low -income families and the 17% of medium -low income families.
The 51,7% of the home owners is convinced that the value of their home has not increased in the last ten years. The 53,2% of savers believes that the house is not among the best forms of investment, able to guarantee preservation and revaluation in the medium long period of assets.
And this is good news, Also because being owners of the Costa house!
In fact, We always read in the study, The expenses associated with the home are an element that affects a lot on the economic budget of families and home owners: the 76,5% declares that these expenses weigh a lot or enough on family or personal budget, while the 71,7% of the Italians is convinced that the taxes that revolve around the property of the house are too high.
Alex Gaetani
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