Italy charges 2% purchase tax on a first home and 9% on a second, with notary and agent fees on top.

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Portugal's 2027 budget lifts the IMT brackets and the young-buyer ceiling, and cuts VAT on construction to 6%.
Malta registered 974 property sales in September, down 11.5% on a year earlier, while the quarter set a record.
From the 2026 tax year Spain's Modelo 210 window shifts from January to April, and the form asks for more detail.
Spain's home sales rose 1.3 per cent in August as mortgage lending held up, but the registrars call it no trend change.
Marseille says its short-term rental rules are working. Here's what the 90-day cap and a €440,000 fine mean for owners.
France's 2027 budget would extend the zero-rate loan, add a family PTZ and cut gift tax, while APL is frozen.
Spain's Congress rejected both housing decrees on 2 October, killing rent caps, tourist-let VAT and tenant protections.
Greece plans to raise the property transfer tax for non-EU buyers from 3 to 15 per cent, but no bill exists yet.
Croatia's house prices rose 12.7 per cent in a year, but recorded sales fell by a third and the data are provisional.
Malta's house prices rose 6.9 per cent in a year, but the index also caps rent rises on an existing lease at 5 per cent.
Portuguese asking prices hit a September record, with the fastest rises in mid-sized cities rather than Lisbon.