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Thought house prices had crashed here? In Sicily they cost one euro

                   
timesonline.co.uk: Houses in Scilily for sale for one euro timesonline.co.uk
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01-Sep-2008
        
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The villas are set in the Sicilian hills, with spectacular views over the Mediterranean. Your future neighbours could be celebrities such as Peter Gabriel, the Genesis singer, and Massimo Moratti, the owner of the Inter Milan football team. And then there is the price: a tidy one euro apiece. The catch is that you have just two years to restore the homes, which were abandoned after an earthquake 40 years ago.... [read full story]                    

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Sicily mayor offers bargain homes for a single Euro

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Sicilian mayor offers historic houses for €1 each

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SALEMI, Italy, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The mayor of Salemi on the Italian island of Sicily said he is attempting to revitalize the historic center of the town by selling houses for 1 euro, or $1.45. Mayor Vittorio Sgarbi said a...

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London, Sept 02: Fans of the rock band ‘Genesis’ have a golden chance to be its frontman Peter Gabriel’s future neighbours — buy an abandoned villa in the Italian town of Salemi just like the singer is planning to do, for...

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London, September 2 (ANI): Fans of the rock band 'Genesis' have a golden chance to be its frontman Peter Gabriel's future neighbours - buy an abandoned villa in the Italian town of Salemi just like the singer is planning...

                   

Sicilian mayor offers houses for 1 euro

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An eccentric Sicilian mayor has trumped Alistair Darling's efforts to reinvigorate the housing market - by offering properties for 1 Euro. Vittorio Sgarbi, the controversial new first citizen of Salemi, came up with the...

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Yours for just 1 euro: The bargain Sicilian houses overlooking the Mediterranean

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02-Sep-2008
        

Yours for just 1 euro: The bargain Sicilian houses overlooking the Mediterranean It's an offer you can't refuse - houses set in the Sicilian hills overlooking the Mediterranean sea, for only one euro apiece. Eccentric...

guardian.co.uk: A token price tag and restoration deadline could save 3,700 old houses in Salemi, Sicily guardian.co.uk

Sicilian mayor offers historic houses for €1 each

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01-Sep-2008
        

A token price tag and restoration deadline could save 3,700 old houses in Salemi, Sicily. Photograph: Frank Chmura/Alamy How would you like a house in Italy for one euro? The house, it should be pointed out, will be not...