Data published by the Territory Agency and the other research institutes about the housing market in 2010 show a flat trend for Italy, with stable or slight descendant prices and a relevant fall in house sales (-3.5%).
Formed by the aggregation to the historical town of various coastal and inland hamlets, Genoa, the capital of Liguria, is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating cities in Italy. It is also one of Liguria's towns where the house prices had the greatest increase in last decade.
Liguria is the third smallest region in Italy. Situated in the North-West, it is a narrow strip of land squeezed between the sea and the mountains. Its beauty is really largely connected to this constant coexistence of sea and mountains: the Alpine chain has its origin here (at the Colle di Cadibona), in this land especially known for the sea.
Despite the high prices of the houses on the Ligurian coast, there are four resorts in a beautiful spot of the Eastern Riviera, where the average price for a new or completely renovated house does not exceed 3,000 Euros/Sqm (these data are referred to 2010). If compared with average house price of the whole Ligurian Riviera (about 3,700 Euros/SQM), this appears to be quite a fair price.