Italy property owners do love to be beside the seaside, according to a new report by an Italian estate agent conglomerate.

Anyone investing in Italy property in Calabria and Basilicata in the last couple of years will have found the value of their holiday homes untroubled by the recent trend for property market slumps in some areas, according to italymag.co.uk.

Seaside home prices in the two southern region s were shown by the Tecnocasa report to have held steady despite slight falls in market value in some regions of the north and central of the country.

British buyers investing in holiday homes in the beachfront resort of Soverato on the Ionian Sea were singled out by the report as having made a wise choice of Italy property purchase.

Recent research by John Lewis and Waitrose has shown that UK employers are being more flexible than ever on holiday dates, giving Italy property-loving Brits even more opportunities to dig out their buckets and spades.

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