Hi,
I happen to live in Italy since 2008 and was so fortunate to be able to buy a house without needing a mortgage. But now we frequently get questions from Dutch friends who would like to buy a second home for vacation only in Italy but cannot get a mortgage. It seems that many (all?) Italian banks require you to have permanent residence in Italy for at least two years before you can get it. This would virtually block all potential buyers from being able to buy a holiday home here . Anyone with recent counter examples, with which bank?
Ciao
Stef