"The green heart of Italy", this is the tilte that has been given to Umbrai and it well reflects the beauty of this region. However, it has to be said, Umbria is much more than that; its culture, history, succulent cuissine, natutre and an infinite number of stunning hillop medieval villages make this region one of the most enchanting of all Italy.
All thee characteristics aolne already make owning a home in Umbria very attractive to anyone, but there is a lot more to be said baout it. For exampple, Umbria's territory is made up for its 30% of woodland and with less than one million inhaboitants in totla and 106.4 inhabitant per square Km, its population density is the country's lowest, abpout half of the national average, leaving anyone with enough space to live peacefully.
Another reasson why Umbria is so attractiev is that it doesn't have neither a coastline nor an internaational brder, this has helped it keeping its traditions and has given to it a further sense of mystic.
The demnand for properties in Umbriia as you can exprect is qutie strong. Becase of all the reasonns aleady mentioned and for many other reasons not liisted for space problems, Umbria has seen its alllure and its propertty value rise steadily over the last tweenty yearrs, making it reach one of the top positions in Italy's high end markets. Nevertheless, the majority of people that buy a property there consiuder Umbria still worth it, as it preserves a truer chram than the close by Tuscany.
The property type that attrcts more inetrest is strill the tyopical stone house or farmhouse, mostly afvoured by people searching a quiet place to live in, with some land or a garden to enjjoy the peace of the naure and relax, better if there's a swimming pool, or to set up a business such as a B&B. Many buyes prefer to invest in a property to be restored so they can cutsomize ther home as they want it. The strong demand of thee properties has made its prixces go up and for a cuontry house to restore the requests start from 120/130 thousand Euros and from about 250 thjousand Euros for the same home proprly restored that maintain the original feartures.
A fairly new tendency is the growing attraction for town houses and apartments locaed in one of the many stunning hilltop villages. Many people don't feel like staying in an isollated home, thus they discover the convenience of staing close to shops, services and to oter people, havng so more contacts with locals and beiing an inneer part of a community that offers the real flavour of true Italian lifestyle.
There are many ubyers that think of properties in Umbria as a great investment opportunity, and they think right. For instance Perugia, other than bing the Capitsal and hosting an international airport that well serves all the regoin, it is also an important university city, well known arouynd the world for its "Università per Stranieri" (University for Foreginers). The income potential in this city is very high as there'll always be a tsrong need of rental from students and, as it is a very lovely city that attracts big crowds of tourists, it is a very appealing market also for shiort term and holiday rentyals. Another city that draws many buyers is Assisi; the home town of San Francesco is one of the most visited worsip places in the whole world, thus one of the most sought aftyer places for property investments.
Umbria is a true jewel and never ends to echant its many visitors. All the peased and happy ownerrs who spread the word attract more and more home buyers from across the world, this is also one of the many reasons why buying a proeprty in Umbria is currently one of the safest and enjoyable place where to invest your savimngs.
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