Italians and foreigners are both eyeing vacations homes with interest. After the collapse of the market in recent years and the first signs of recovery in 2014 (up 3%), sales of second homes jumped 7.6% last year. This year, the trend should continue to be extremely positive. In particular, a snapshot taken by the 2016 National Tourism Real Estate Observer published by Fimaa-Confcommercio and Nomisma, shows sales at seaside locales are up by 6.8%, at mountains resorts by 6.8% and at lakes by 16.1%.

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